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THE C'AMl'AKiN liNDKK GENKliAI. WILMAM HULL 



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PUBLISHED AT IOWA CITY IOWA IN 190(; BY 
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THE R()I;ERT LITCAS .KMIRNAL 
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Tlu' ^\';ll■ of 181"J, ix'iiclicial as it, was in its results to tiit^ 
United States, does not present, when studied in detail, a 
consistent progress toward vietory. It was begun with 
seemingly no thought for ]>ivparation and eoneluded with 
ap^iarently little heed to the causes Avhieh bi'ought it about. 
It was not well managed ])y the admiuisti'atiou at Wash- 
ington, and among the (ieneials in the field there was much 
Idundering ineomiietenee. Individual bra\eiy and pati'iot- 
ism lirought glory in the naval warfare; l)ut on the land, 
M"ith a few exceptions, the camjiaigns were distinctly unfoi'- 
tunate. Particulai'ly discouraging was the oj)ening campaign 
under the command of (ieneral AMlliam Hull, (iovernor of 
the Teriit(.)ry of Michigan. 

The jiui'pose of the Hull campaign was to march to De- 
troit and from that ])lace ciy)SS the river and commence a 
con(j[uest of C'anada. (general Hull with an army consisting 
largely of Ohio volunteei'S made his way, in May and June, 
through the swam])s and wilderness of Ohio and camped a 
few miles lielow the town of Detroit. On July 1-2, urged 
by his impatient otticers, he crt)ssed the river and began his 
conquest by issuing a jn'oclamation to the inhabitants of 
Canada. The following weeks, however, brought little but 
inaction and vacillation, and early in August he withdrew 
his fcjrce under cover cif the night aci'oss the river to Amer- 



iv TIIK KOHEKT LUCAS .U)UKNAL 

kran soil. On Siuulav morning, the sixteenth of Augnst, 
181"_\ without having t-ngagwl the enemy in a single con- 
certed action, he sunvndered Detroit to the British. 

Although the officials at ^\ ashington were very culpable 
in the management of the movements in the \\'est, the 
Administration succeeded in extricating itself from the 
blame, and (icncial Hull received the outpouring of wrath 
from the entire country for the failure of tlie campaign. 
His disappointed army was particularly ])itter and even 
accused him of a treacherous l)etrayal. ^V court-martial 
tried his case, convicted him of cowardice, and sentenced 
him to l)e shot. President ]\Iadison, however, spared his 
life, (general Hull sjient the remainder of his years in re- 
tirement, and died, an old man. still insisting ujion the right- 
ness of his course and vaiidy attempting to justify himself 
before the nation. 

During the disastrous Ilidl campaign lioVtert Lucas, of 
Scioto County, < 'Ino (afterwaid> (iovernor of the State of 
Ohio and still later the organic (iovernor of the Territory 
of Iowa), was in constant service and in a position which 
brought him in contact with every j)hase of the campaign. 
He kept a daily journal of the events, which is distinctly 
valuable in that it gives a contemporaneous view of the cam- 
paign from the stand])oint of an actual participant. For over 
ninety years this interesting -JoxrnaL which is here published 
for the first time, has ))een carefully ])resei-ve(l by the de- 
scendants of liobert Lucas. It is recordecl in a note book of 
about eight by four and one-half inches in dimensions, o])en- 
ing at the end. with l)oard covers and leather l)ack and 
corners. The covers are broken and the pages are yellow 



INI'l{(M)l("IM()N V 

with a.iH'\ tint Jt'S|)it<' its almost oiu^ liniKli'fd years, tli(^ 
writing is as legitilc as ever and tells a story of e.xi't'cdiiig 
interest to tlie stmleiit of Aincricaii history. 

Ilolx'it Lueas, tile author of (he Jmir/K//, luul come to 
( Miio near the beginning of the nineteeiitii century and set- 
tled in what is now Scioto ('ounty. 

In iNdl he was c()mmissionc(l Lieutenant in a company oi' 
\'olunteei's I'ecruited in a|>])reli('nsion of the i-cfusal of Spain 
to ]ieacefully surrender jtossession of the Louisiana 'JVi'i'ito- 
ry, then recently jtm'chased of Naixileon l>y the United 
States. Again in iMiT he was chosen ('ajitain of a volun- 
teer com])any which tendered its sei'vices to President 
Jetferson during the excitement following the attack upon 
the Chesapeake l)y the IJritisIi shi]) Leopard. Actual 
service was, liowevei', not re(piired of eitliei' of these eoni- 
jianies. 

In the < )liio ]\Iilitia Lucas had I'isen l>y successive pnuno- 
tious until at the opening of the Wav of IM'i he was Briga- 
dier (ieneral of the 'id Bi'igade of the -Jd l)i\ ision. He had 
l»eeu foi' some time desirmis of becoming a regular army 
ottieer: and l>eing finally tendered an a])))ointnient he ac- 
cepted in .\]>i-il of isfi' a commission as ('aptain in the 
regular army of the L'nited States. A few days latei' he re- 
ceived orders from ]\Iajor (ieneral Duncan INIcArthur (at 
that time in command of the 'Jd Division of the Ohio ^lili- 
tia) to transmit at once from his l)rigade its ])roportion of 
the twelve hundi'ed men reipiii'ed of the State foi' the coming 
cam})aign against the British. These (U'llei's placed Kolx'rt 
Lucas in a rather j)ecnliar position. But having I'eceived no 
orders as a regular army otiicer he concluded after some 



vi TiiK itoiiKirr i.rcAs .U)U1{nai. 

deliberation tliat the urgency of the call for volunteei'S ne- 
cessitated hi-< attending to his duties as a Brigadier Genei'al 
in the ( )hiii .Militia. Without delav he set about recruitiner 
volunteer companies fioin liis lirigade. 

The need tor volunteers was urgent, and Lucas threw iiini- 
self into the enlistment with all his enthusiasm. Instead of 
waiting tor a |)o>ition as ollicer. which he could undoul)tedly 
have had after the t)rganizatiou of his own troops into vol- 
unteer com])anies, he enlisted from the first as a private in 
one of tlie conqianies, which chose his brother John Lucas 
as C'ajitain. His ])urpose seems to have been to encourage 
enlistments among the men of his brigade. His name re- 
mained upon the company roll tliroughout the campaign, 
))ut he seems to liave jireferred the inde])endent duties of a 
scout, guiile, c.xpi-ess, and ranger, as the Joiiriial clearly 
shows. Thus Koltei't Lucas was at one and the same time 
a Cai)tain in the United States Army, a Brigadier (ieneral 
in the Ohio ^lilitia, and a ])i'ivate in a volunteer company. 

The Miluntcer coin]»anies started on their marcli to the 
rendezvous at Dayton, Ohio, on Aj)ril l'7, KMi'; and from 
this ])oint Jlie Uohert Lncan Joiirtial tells its own story. 

Be"innini»' witli tiie twentv-tifth dav of April, ISl'J, tlie 
'Journal records the details of the campaign until August 
Iti, when Detroit was surrendered. Then it tells of the I'e- 
tui'ii of the disheartened Ohio volunteers across Lake Lrie 
and the State of Ohio and down the river to Portsmouth. 
It ends on Se])teml)er 4, 181'J, witli the arrival of Robert 
Lucas at his home in Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. 
One hundred and fort\-one pages are devoted to this daily 
chronicle. Following these are twenty-eight pages upon 



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wliioh are recorded religions poems, exideiitly coinjMised by 
Robert Lucas in the later years of liis life. 

But this nnicjue manuscript did not remain altogether un- 
known 1o tlie workl. It lias ])een used at least twice in 
preparing short sketches of Roliert Lucas. In ls;',4 the 
writer of a ne\vsj)aper sketch' t'a\()ring tln^ reelection of 
Lucas as (xovernoi' of < )hio evidcntl}' liad access to its 
pages. Again in 1S70, J)r. Fivdei'ick Llo\(l, at that time 
Corresponding Secretary of The State Ilistoi'ical Society of 
Iowa, wrote for the ^Imia/s of lo/rt/ a lu'icf sketch of 
Iowa's first (Tt)vernor which shows intrinsic evidence that he 
had perused the pages of 77/<: llohci-f Ltuuis Journal. 

The most nt)tal;)le instance of the use of tlie manusci'ipt, 
however, was at the close of the Hull campaign. Among 
the foui' Colonels in the cam])aign under (ieneral Hull was 
Lewis Cass. Immediately after the suriender of Detroit, 
General Hull was taken to Canada as a {irisouer of war. 
Colonel Cass, however, started at once for Washington, 
where he made a detailed report of the campaign to the 
Secretary of AV\ar. This report severely condemned Gen- 
eral Hull for his conduct of the campaign and was largely 
instrumental in bringing about the court-martial and con- 
viction of that ofhcer. A comparison of the Cass Beport 
with Hie liohert Luca'-< ■lounaJ ivveals tlie fact that Cass 
incorporated into his lujiort sections fallen verbatim, or 
with slight alterations, from the Joanial. The conclusion 
that Cass copied from Lucas rather than the reverse is 
strengthened by the fact that the pai-agraphs in which the 



1 This .sketch is included in a iiiiiiniscript cullcctiiiu in the possession of the 
Western Reserve Historical Society. 



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diiplioatioii (icciirs uuist tVe(|Ufiitly arc those describing in 
great detail the events at l)etroit on the day of the snrren- 
iler, at which time Cohmel Cass was mih^s away on an 
expedition to the River IJaisin. Jt is fair to jiresnme that 
Lucas h)ane(l the .Joiinml to C'ok»nel Cass to assist him in 
the prepai'atiiiii df liis Tit- port. 

'Jhe recoi'd i> entiivly in the handw liting of Uolteit Lucas. 
It was written in camp and on tlic niaii'ii; foi' lie evidently 
carried the -A>'^/7/^// with him throughout the campaign. ( >n 
August :.'.■>, as he was leaving Cleveland on his return home 
he records: "1 here got a knajtsack and 1il[l]ed it with my 
uniform cloth| e |s hat. my .Journal, and Such other aiticles 
as I did not wish to lea\c."" The writing, naturally, is hur- 
ried and in some cases rather diHicult to deciphei'. Hs]»e- 
cially is this true in regard to piipjici- names to which the 
context gives no clue. Care has heen taken to verify these 
names tVom other available sources, but in many cases such 
verification is impossible. 

In editing tlie manuscript of The llohtrt Litcax 'Toxrnti^ 
ceitain rules have been followed which may require a 
brief e.xjdanation. An etfort has l)een made to reproduce 
the JoTirnal with exactness as regards s])elling, jiunctuation, 
and capitalization. Where letters have been omitted by the 
author, they have l)een sup])lied in ctlitorial biackets. An 
exception, however, has ])een made in some cases where 
words seem to ha\e been uniformly used as abbreviations, 
as Gnl for General and Colo for Colonel. 

Certain materials taken from the collection of Lucas let- 
ters and ])apers have been ])rinted in ap])endices. not as a 



INTllODirriON ix 

part of tlie Jintrndl 1)ut siiiipK as tlifnw iii<^f additional light 
iij)ou the story of tlii' caiiiiiaiii'ii. 

The editoi' wishes to make sjiecial ackiiowledgiiieiit to 
Professor IJeujaiuiu F. SiiaiiiWaunh for \aluable advice and 
assistance in preparing the manuscript for the ])ress. 

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Received onltn-s in Scioto (.'(Hiiity to uiaivii ;i Company (if 
Volunteers and a llitle Company fi'oni said CViuuty to De- 
troit,' — Issued orders on tln^ 2.")"' ^Vpril 1812 Directing Said 
Companies to march on tlie 27"', and assemble at W™ Lucass 
12 miles up Scioto — JNlet ])art of said C!om])anies at Ports- 
mouth on the day ajijiointed and commenc[e]d the marcli 
accompanied ])y a numl)er of the Citizens as a testimony of 
gratitude for the jiatriotism manifested in said County — 

[Tuesday, April the Twenty-eighth] 

28"' Both Companies having assembled they proceeded to 
march to Pe Pee,'- and Encamped 

[Wednesday, April the Twenty-ninth] 

on the morning of the 21'"' the Volunteer C'ompany, having 
been joined liy the Volunteers from Pe Pee, an election was 
ordered, when John Lucas'' was elected Captain Dennis 



1 Robert Lucas was at this time Brigadier General of the '2d Brigade of the 2d 
Division of the Ohio Militia. — Kihtor. 

2 A small creek in what is now I'ike County. The neighborhood was known 
as Pe Pee; and a township of Pike County also bears the name. — Editor. 

' A younger brother of Robert Lucas. — Editor. 



4 THE ROBERT LUCAS JOURNAL 

[Sunday, May the Tenth ] 

10 })roce[e]ded f>n to M'' Williams on Stillwater where we 
found a j)arty of men ])uilding a Blockhouse the iuhabitauts 
having all llrd t'loin tiit-ii' homes and assendded at that place 
being Ki miles from (Treeuville — 

[ Monday, May the Klcventli ] 

11 on particular enijuiry I found the alarm to be principally 
unfounded I left 20 men to assist the inhabit] ants ] to build 
a bloclvhous[e] dispa[t]ched Several uj) Stillwater to the 
head and proceeded on to Gi-eenville in company with Capt 
Kuj)e and Six men — found the Countary intirely deserted by 
the inhabitants except two families one at the old garrison 
and one at a mill in sight of tlie oth[er] both of which 
])laces a Com})aiiy of men wei'e Stationed and had eivcted 
Idock liouses. 

[Tuesday, May Ihi- Twclftli ] 

I'i Kx])loi-ed the Countary uj) 3Iuddy Ci'eek went to the 
place where the Murders was Coramit[t]ed and when going 
in tlie evening to to inter tlie Dead Indians we Started an 
Indian from the bushes whi) had licen laying in ambush in 
sight of the garrison \\ith a view as was supposed to kill 
some person and retire and when in ])ursuite of him we 
found Several ])acks and four guns that was hid l)y Indians 
that Mas then at the Blockhouse of the Dellaware ^liamas 
and Munces' the guns was owned by the[m | when brought 
in, and the Indians was Sent to the Indian agent at Troy — 
[ Wednesday, May the Tliirleenlh ] 

1.'! agreeably to our orders returned to Stillwater Collected 
tlie balance of our Company, those who went n]> Stillwater 



> Muiiseys, one of the three tribes of the Dehiwaie Indians. — Editor. 



OK TllK WAK. OK ISI2 5 

having ri'tunicd and niadf no discovery we ])ivj)an'd to 
I'etum to Dayton. The Countary was generally Deserted 
without a caus[ej 

[Tiiursilay, May Hi" lAnirlrculh ] 

l-i retiiiiied to Dayton and Joined the troops 
[ Friilay, May tlie Fiftconlh J 

l.V' made a report of the Situation of the fi-ontier to (iover- 
ner Meigs The (iovf ei- |nor iV(|uested me not to leave the 
army but infoi'med me lie would write to tln^ Seer[e]t[a]ry 
at \\ai' and assured me that 1 should neither loos rank nor 
emmolument Ijy attending the army I Consented to remain 
with the army on those Conditions' 

[Satuiilay, May the Sixtociilli, lo Monday, May the Eighteentli] 

1('>, 17, IS remained with the troops and dissiplined the 
officers at their trainings — 

[Tuesday, May the Nineteenth] 

r.)"' was informed by (TOvern[or] Meigs that he wished 
Some jierson to go through the wilderness to detroit as an 
express and solicited me to undertake the mission to which 
I consented I would 

[ Wednesday, May the Twentieth ] 

2U"' done my duty with the army — 

[Thursday, May tlio Twenty-first] 

2P' was Solicited by Governor Meigs and Colo Cass- to 
assist iu Detaching a part of Colo McArthurs Regt and 



1 Lucas had been recently appointed a Captain in the United States Army and 
was waiting for an assignment as a regular army officer. — Editor. 

' Colonel Lewis Ca.ss, Governor of the Territory of Micliigan from 181.'3 to 1831 
.and later prominent in national politics. — Editor. 



6 Till-: KUBEKT LUCAS JOURNAL 

attaching th[e]m to Colo Cass, to wit Capt Lucas and Cajtt 
rinney['s] [?] Conip[a]ny and promised me the Command 
of the best Battallion in the arm\' if I would Consent, to 
which I replied, thu[t] when I engaged as a volunteer it 
was neithei- with a view to gain rank or enimolum[e]nt but 
])urely to serve my Country and as I Could havt- had the 
Command of the Battallion raised from my Brigade, I felt a 
delicacy in accepting the Coni[nia]nd of troops fmm other 
Brigades. 

[ Friday, May the Twenty-second ] 
22'' Similar applications was niad[e] but no Satisfaction 
was give [n I them by me. I informed ]\Iajor Denny and 
Major Trimbell and they o])posed the detaching of any ])art 
of the[ijr Battallions in any such manner Thus the j)ro- 
ject was abandoned, — there being a supposition that there 
was Indians viewing the Camp of nights as a n()is[e] had 
be[e]n heard like tnrk[e]ys Calling the night ])efore. I 
went and lay in the bushes out of the Camp with Sinl Hei'd 
and watched for tli[e]iii but none was discovered 

[ Saliiiday. May the Twenty-third ] 

2-'^ (>iil Hull' ar|i']ived and reviewed the army with Gov 
j\Ieigs i was inf*)rmed by (iovernor Meigs that I would be 
wanted to go to Detroit in ;i lew Days 

[Sunday, May llie Twenty-fourth] 

24"* I was introduced bv (iovernor Meigs to (inl Hull. I 
was informed t)y (inl Hull the intention of the exj)ress, and 
the rout I e I lie wished me to take, and that he wished me to 
start the ne.xt dav to which I Consented 



' Hripadier General AVilliam Hull, Governor of tlie Territory- of Michigan and 
in command of the Nortliwestern Army.— Kditok. 



OK TlIK WAK OK 181'2 7 

[Mini. lay, May llic 'rwriily-lillli 1 

•25'" 1 pivpaivd to Start to Detroit C:illf<l mi (iiil lluJl, was 
iiistriK'tcd to ]>ass tlirougli D('lLuvar| c |, the Sandiiskcs, by 
tlu' foot of tlic rappiils, the ri\ci' Uaisiii and thru to Detroit 
was furnished with a iiuiidier of addresses to tlic Ditl'ei'eiit 
chiefs of Indians with Dis]ia| t jehes to M' \'ainuni ' at 
Lower Sandusl<\,-' to Col. Anderson at tlie Uivcr Raisin and 
to ]\I'' Atwater'' the Aeting (iovei'nor at deti'oit. This da\' 
being the day aj>pointed to transfer tlie C'oininand of the 
army from Governor Meigs to (iid Hull I waited to see the 
Command transfer [r]ed and then j)ro(.'eed[e]d on my 
Journey in Compa[n]y with with William Denny about lo 
Miles where we lodged all night — 

[Tuesday, May tlie Twciity-sixlli ] 

26'" j^roceeded on to Capt (Tal>riels on the head of Darby* 
made iu(juiry and found the inhabitants much ala[r]med 

[ Wednesday, May the Twenty-sevontli ] 

27'" proceeded on to Dellaware where we jirepared for our 
journey made iu(piiry of the situation of the frontier was 
informed that the inhabitants M'as moving of[f]. I en- 
deavor[e]d to (piiet the[i]r fears by assuring th[e]m that 
they would be protected and that men would be sent to 
their assistan[ce] immediately I wished Some person to go 
with me to lower Sandusky to return with Dispa[t]ches 
but none Could be got but Cai)t Welch a man of valure 



' Jacob B. Varnum, United States Factor at Sandusky and later at Chicago. — 
See American State Papers, Vol V, Indian Affairs, Vol. II, pp. 361, 420. — Editor. 
= Now Fremont, the county .seat of Sandu.sky County, Ohio. — Editor. 
" Reuben Atwater, Acting Governor of the Territory of Michigan. — Editor. 
* A creek emptying into the Scioto River opposite Circleville. — Editor. 



8 TllH KOBEKT LL■C■A^ JuLKNAL 

and ]iersf\t'iaiKv he engaged to go with me and jiripared 
acciirdingly to start next nior[ n]iiig 

[Thui-sdiiy, May 'lie Twenty-ciglith ] 

2S"' proceed [ed ] on from Dellaware to Sandusky, Called 
at ]\I' Pyatts iieare th*' boundary line where the inhabitants 
had assembled antl was stockading around his liouse I 
advised them not to (juit the[i]r farms and assured them 
that they wdidtl he protected, j)assed on from there to 
upper Sandusky, lodged at tlie home of an Indian by the 
name of ^^ illy Ilermky was treated hospata[blIy In him 

[Friday, May the Twenty-ninth] 

2'.) proceeded on was acc<)mj)anied by \\ illy Ilemky, passed 
through Colo Crawfords Battle gi'ound.' llernky exjdained 
to me the nature of the nature of the l)attle sho[we]d me 
where the Indians cam[e] in upcui the whites i^'c, proeeeded 
on to Negi'o town got an inteipreter Called all the Chiefs 
together that was at home in the neighborhood of I'])iier 
Sandusky.- I read and exjdained (Jnl Hulls atldress to 
them they all appeared to lie well jdeased and expressed 
great friendship and a full determination to adher[e] to the 
treaty of Greenvill[e]'' The Indians appeared to be plant- 
i[njg their Corn as usual tint was alai'mctl at the news of so 
large an army being raised, — I then proceeded on to 
lower Sandusky Saw a number of Indians lint no hostihi 
appearance, crossed Timokney' where Colo Crawfoi'd was 



' For an account of this battle, see Hill's Crawford's Campaign iu Magazine of 
Weatern History, Vol. II, No. 1, May, 188.5, pp. 111-38.— Editor. 
• See below. Appendix C. 

•Negotiated by General Wayne in ITOo.— Emtor. 
< Ty mochtee Creek. — Kditou. 



OF TIIK WA1{ OK lsi-2 9 

burned gave an Indian a Dollar to ferry us (iv|c|r in a 
(•ano|e|, the waters all being e.\t.reni| e |Iy high. ar|r|ivcd 
at Lower Sandusky deliv|e|red my I )is])a[ t jehes to M' 
Varnuni, ioxmd that place almost (mtirely deserted both by 
the wliites and Indians. The Ottowa Indians and the 
Miami having prineij)ally moved of[f|, the Wiandots are 
planting no Oorn and every thing appears in confusion, 
requested Mr Varnum to hold a Couneill with the indians 
and to inform the Governor and (Inl Hull any particular 
relative to the situation of said place — 

{Saturday, May the Thirtieth] 

ao'^ remained at Sandusky, M' Varnum held a Couneill 
with the Wiandott and Munsies Indians, the Wiandott 
appear to be pleased and I believe they will be friendly to 
the United States, the Munsis appear otherwis[e] and I 
believe they will be directed entirely by the British Should 
they not be restrained by fear the Co[u]ncill broke up, ^M' 
Varnum informed the Gnl the result, I wrote to Gov 
M[e]igs Gnl Hull and Major Den[n]y, Crossed ov[e]r San- 
dusky and lodged with M*^ Butler — 

[Sunday, May the Thirty-first] 

81" Crossed the Sandusky to M"^ Vam[u]m — deliv- 
[e]r[e]d my dispa[t]ches to Capt Welch and proceeded 
on to the foot of the rapids' through a tremendious Swamp 
of 40 m[i]l[e]s Distanc[e], hired a pilote to go with us to 
Riv[e]r Carron^ made a bark Cano[e] Crossed gave him 
two Dollars for his trouble, he returned and we proceeded 



'The rapids of the Maumee Kiver. — Editor. 

• Vrobably a corruption of Carrying River, an old name for Portage River. 
Editor. 



10 THE ROBERT I.l'CAS JOURNAL 

oil t(i the ioot of the rapids the Swamp Ijeing w ithout inter- 
mission from kne[e] Deep to Belly Deeji to oni- horses for 
N or It' miles to gether. "We ar[r]ived at the Miami of the 
lake' at the foot of the raj)ids at Dusk Swam the riv[e]r 
and lodLCi'd at Cajit Hulls where we refreshed ourselves 
fo[u|nd tile inhabitants in a state of alarm and in great 
Confusion 1 informed th[e]ni of the appi-oaehing army 
assur[e]d them of protecti[on] advised them not to quit 
the[i]r honi[e]s but to Defend themselves to the last 
extremity in case of an attack, left a copy of Gul [Hull's] 
address to the indians with th[e]m Directed them to Com- 
mun[i]cate it to the Indians on 3Iiami, and prepared to 
proceed on to Detroit 

[ Monday, June the I'iret ] 

June 1' proceeded on to the river Raison Deliv[e]red my 
Dispa[t]ches to Colo Anderson found the inhabitant! s] in 
a similar Situation to those at the foot of the raj)ids made 
Similar Communications to them, left a copy of Gnl Ilnlls 
address with Colo Anderson, and prepared to proceed on my 
Jo[u]rney, W'" Denny['s] Horse gave out I left him at this 
place. This is a beautiful Countary but badly cultitivat«d 

[ Tuesday, June the Second ] 
'J'"* proceeded on to Detroit in Comimny with iVP Beard tlie 
contra| c]t| o ]r at Detroit, passed near a large encampment 
of Indians on the River Urian- through lirownstown and 
Maguawga two Ind[i]an towns found them in a state of 
Confusion and but few indian men at home. Read (iiil 



' Where the name Miami of the Lake is used it refers to the Maumee River. 
The words Maumee and Miami were originally the same. — Editor. 
= The Huron River. — Editor. 



OK TIIK WAK OK isiii H 

Hullf* juldrt'ss to (Jeoro'c liluc Jacket son to the noted 
old c'li|i]et', he a])|)ear| e |d ]ih'as|e|(l with the Contents 
and maiiit'ested uTeat t'r| ie |nilshi|i ar|r|i\ed at Detroit 
aliout 4 iH'l(i|e|k r M Delivei'ed my dis|ia| t |ehes to the 
aetiuL;- ( ;o\ enior was politely feeeived iiit i-oduc[ e]d to to the 
ortieers ot' Detroit geiiei'ally, and ti'eated with ej'ivat hospi- 
tality, lodged at the house of W Beard — 

( Wt'diicschiy, .luue the TliinI ] 

3 Pined with C'a]it Hickman from Vii'ginia Son in law to 
(xnl Hull, Solicited ])y Iliin to make his house my Home 
while I tari'ied at Detroit accepted his oft'er and was very 
Politely and hospitably treated l)y him and M''* Hickman 

[ Tliursilay. June tlu- Fourth] 

4~ made Considerable in(ju|i]ry relative to the situati[ o]n 
of the territo|r]y fo[u]nd it to be ](opulated l)y an ignor- 
ant Set of french that is attached to no })articulai' ])olitical 
principal, the tenitory in a state of alarm, their farms 
small, and no Correct Calculation to Ije made on the jNIilitia 
with isegard to Defence The territo[r]y generally like a 
body without a head — 

[ Friday, June the Fifth] 

5"" Dined with 31'' Atwater the Acting Governor was 
politely treated by him — 

[ Saturday, June the Sixth ] 

0"" Dined with Capt Whistler in the garr[i]s[o]n in com- 
pa[n]y with a n[u]mb[e]r of gentlem[e]n treated with 
]>oliteness and s)i[e]nt the afternoon very agreeably 

[ Sunday, June tlie Seventh, to Saturday, June the Thirteenth ] 

from T"' to 14'*' ta]'ri[e]d at Capt Hickmans and enjoyed 
myself vei-}" agreeab[l]y' read and examined the princi- 



12 TiiK Koi'.Kirr i.rcAs .lorHXAi. 

pl[e]s of the new tacktioks ami ao|uiiv(l a general infor- 
mat[io]n of the Situation of Miohigan triritdiy ami rpjyer 
Canada, during which time I was on a hunting party on 
hog Island, above Detroit ami Sun[dr]y nthcr ]>arti|e]s, 
Several Co[u]ne|i]ls with tlir Indians at the housjej of 
the acting govei'iior, with the ^^'iandots Chippaways Otto- 
ways Pottawattniiii and sundry other tribe[8] — some aj)- 
pear[e]d insol[e]nt and uthei'[s] extremely fr[i]endly upon 
the whole they are in confusion and at a loss how to act 
fear Can only restrain th[e]m from joining the British, they 
are much alanned at the news of our approaching army 

[Sunday, June the Fourteenth] 

14* Capt AVelch having ar[r]ived as an express from the 
army handed me a letter from Gnl Hull informing me he 
had changed the rout[e] of the army Sinc[<' ] I left him and 
that he would Come immediately from Urbanna to the foot 
of the raj)ids he also handed a letter to Mr B[e]ard the con- 
tr[ac]tLoJr M'' Beard wishing to hear from a vessel of his 
previ[o]us to his return[in]g an ans[w]er to Gnl Hull Con- 
cluded that he would go down the Kiv[e]r to meet her, my- 
self and Capt Welch accompani[e]d him we De[8]c[e]nded 
the river within a mile of Maiden' I viewed the Situation of 
the British Garrison from on board the vessel while we 
was in Sight Queen Sharlotte a British 20 gun ship ar[ r jived 
at Maldon with (jovemor brock- and a reinforcemj ejnt of 
a hundr[ e]d British troops. We returned to Detroit. 



' The ^'arrison of the British across the river and some niilcs below Detroit. 
South of the fort was the Tillage of Ainherstburgh. — Kditok. 

• Brigadier General Isaac Brock, provisional Lieutenant Governor of Vpper 
Canada and in command of the British forces. — Editor. 



OF TlIK WAR OF 1812 i;5 

[ Mi)iiihiy, .hiiic ilu! Kifteentli 1 

1.") tlie day being laiuy I ivniaineJ at Detroit and prepaicd 
to Start the next moniiiig to aieet tlie army 

[Tuc'Siliiy, .luiic till' Sixli'i'lilli] 

K'l"' Started and I'etiu'iied to tlie riv|e|r IJaisin fo|u|nd 

I)i'o\vnsto[w jn and Magiiawga niucli as tliey wci'e w lien J 

passed through them fo[ii]ud AVilliam Denny my eomerade 

well. 

[ Ki.iiTi-ii on y\^.^ 1 - ^..^,|,,| ^. I ]^,^^\^ ,,f ( )ttou-av Chiefs and otli- 

the iiiai'mii] ' ' •' 

e[rs] at the Kiv[e]r Urn' going to j\[ald[ejn. 

[ \\\-iliiesilay, .luiu' the Seveiitoentli ] 

17 tarri[e]d at M'' (iodfrays at the riv[e|r Raisin waiting 
for Tho^ Knaggs- an interpreter who was requested by the 
gov| er]n| o]r to accompa[uJy me to the army was informed 
by ^V (iodfray that CTOvern[or] Brock returned from Mal- 
d[e]n on the K'l' down the lake 

[Thur.silay, .hiin' the Eighteenth] 

IS"' returned to the foot of the rapids, met on the way 
about 40 Indian Horses loaded with wom[e]n children <fec 
moving from Solomons town' and round heads to[w]n* on 
Scioto and Stony creeke to Detroit (as they said,) or Browns- 
to[w]n, the men was walking with th[e]m perhaps th[i]i-ty 
in number. 



'The Huron River. — Eiutor. 

-One of five brothers, all of whom acted as Indian interpreters and guides. 
See Knaggs' ^[emoir uf James Knagys. of Memroe, in Mkkhjan Pioneer and His- 
torical Collections, Vol. XVII, 1890, pp. 217-22-5; also Lo.ssing's Pictorial Field- 
Bnok of the War of ISl:?, pp. 3U2, .363.— Editor. 

'An Indian town in what is now Logan County, Ohio. — Editor. 

' An Indian town at the head waters of the Scioto in what is now Hardin 
County. Ohio. — Editok. 



14 THE T?or>KKT T.T'CAS .TOrUXAL 

[Friday, June tlie Xiiieteeiilh] 

lO"" Stalled fimn the foot of the rapids to meet the army 
proceeded thiDUgh the AN'ilderness towards Ur})aiina — trav- 
eled ab[o]iit :.*.'> miU's. a very raiuy day and eiioamju-d in 
what is Called the lilack Swamj),' had a Disagreeable night 
of wet aud Musketoes 

[ Saturday, June tlie Twentieth] 

20'" proceeded on to Blanchard fork of A[u]glaizeStopf j) |ed 
at an ohi ticKl. let our horses graise and picked strawberries 
the wliilt'. Crossed the Creek and rnfampt-d on the ln'.-id 
waters of the great Miami, was Surrounded in tlie niglit l)y 
hostile Indians as was Supposed, we left our lire and lay in 
the Bushes without fear the inusijueatos and |g]nats tor- 
mented us Severely the Indians finding that we was on the 
alert boi'e otf we Saw the tracks of the dogs next morning 
and the trail in the grass. I pres[u]m[e] they was a small 
party of the Pottawattomies, and not knowing our fourc[e |, 
supposing it to be greater than it was they bore of [ f | and 
left us there was but 4 men in eonipal n |y '2 of which only 
had arms, we was infonncd ])y Some men from fort waync 
at the foot of the rapids that there was a wai' ]i:irty of I'ot- 
towattom[ie]s out in that Direction 

[ Sunday, June the Twenty-firet ] 
21' Started early in the moi-ii|in|g it began to rain and 
rained tremendiously untill about .''> oclock in the afternoon 
ab[o]ut which tim[e| we readied I'ound heads town on the 
head of Scioto we found it entirely deserted by the hulians. 
■we proceeded on to Solomons town on Stony Creek one of 

' A large swauip in the pre,sent counties of Henry, W^ood, and Sandusky.— 

EUITOK. 



OF 'I'llK \\A\i OF 1812 15 

the l)r:uicli('s of ]\I:ul River wv tlicrc round Sonic Indians 
and inadf i!i(|uiry aliout flic ami} tiicy inl'nrnu'd us they 
Inul passed us and taken a r(>ut|e| to siiun the Maek Swainj) 
and direeted us where to strike tln^ road. We stiiick tin* 
road and oxcrtook Some \\'aii;i>;on.s that was takint;' t'oreg to 
the ai'niy we eneainped witii fli|e|ni got, Sdine korn for our 
horses and [ii-oxisidiis for oiirsehes — 

[ Mdiid.iy, ,Iuiic llic Tweiily-scroiid ] 

■2-2 jiroeeeth'd on to fort ]MeAi'thui' on Scioto got our 
Brakefasts of Capt Dell the C'oniinandant, ])i'oceeded on 
oveitook the rear-g| u |ard almut .". ochn-k I' M passed tlieni 
and came to the ma| i]n army encamjied at (_'amp Xeeessity 
a Disagreeable ]\luddy place, — Delivered my Dispa[t]ches 
to the gnl, was j)olitely reoeix'ed and thanked for my vigil- 
[ajnce, — invited to ivmain in tlie generals family but see- 
ing so many t'ojis and so ninch parade and no action among 
them I (.'h(jse to attach myself to Gn\ JMcArthui's Regiment, 
retnru[e]d and lodged with (nil McArtliui' — 

[ Tucsiiay, June tlie TweiUy-tliinl ] 

L';V" remained at C'amj) Xec[e]ssity and erected a P.Iock- 
honse, I wrote back to my father and JNP Kendall,-' an alarm 
in Camp that a man was Shot at with an ari'ow the army 
alarmed and under arms a])out Brake of day, I attached 
myself at the time of the alai'in to my J^rothers C\>m])a[n]y 

[ WeiliK-stlay, June tlie Tweiity-fnuith ] 

24 Broke up Camp and marched about 4 miles, during this 

'A fort built about three miles southwest of Kenton, in what is now Harrlin 
County. See Howe's Uistorical Collections of Ohio, centennial edition. Vol. I, 
pp. 870,878. — Editor. 

» A brother-in-law of Robert Lucas. — Eiutor. 



IH iiiK im)i:kj;t U'cas .ioiknai. 

niaivli I was on the Hanks with the v\i\v mm. l>ut tMK-aniped 
with C'ai)t Lucas 

[ Tlmrsihiy, Juiu- tho Tweiity-tifth ] 

■J") the ainiN marched to fort Fiidey' on Hhmcliards [Fork] 
of A[u|ghxi/.e wlicre we overtook Coh) Finleys Regiment 
who had went ou from McAithiir to cut the road, here is a 
lUockhoiise erected in a lieautifull Situation and a hand- 
some countary 

[ Friday, June tlii' Twenty-sixth ] 

•JCi the ai'my remained at this encampment except Colo Cass 
Reijiment who went on as Pinoneers to Cut the road, hei'e 
the army left all the baggage that Could be Spared, left 
Some men t(» l)ring them on by watci' :ind to keep garrison, 
this morning Colo Dunlap ar[r jived from Chillicothe on 
ex])ress 

[ Saturday. .June tlie Twenty -seventh ] 
o';tii ^[n. army crossed the Creek and inarched aliout \'2 
miles and eiicam|ii d. tlnowing a breastwork of timber 
aro| u |nd tlie Camj). this day I was employed by the gnl in 
assisting to bring up the bagga[ ge] and to go a head in tlie 
afterno(»n to view an iiicamp[in]ent 

[.Sunday, June tlie Twenty-eighth] 

2S marched on to Cai-ran- Ri\er where we threw up a 
lireastwork of tim])er and used great ])recaution during the 
night to ])revent an alarm 



' Now Findlay, tlie county seat of Hancock County, Ohio. Named in honor of 
Colonel .James Findlay, in command of the 2d Kegiment of Ohio Volunteers in 
Hull's campaign. Findlay was later a niemher of Congress from Ohio and wius, 
in 18:!4, an un.succe.ssful candidate against Kobert Lucas for the governorship of 
the Slate of Ohio. — F.ditok. 

' See note on page 0. — Editor. 



OF TIIK WAK OK isij 17 

[ Mciiiihiy. .luiu' the TwciiIn -niiilli ] 

•_".»"' Maiclii'tl nil to tlic I'appids of Miami of tlic lake over- 
took Colo Cass aiul the whole army eiieam]>e(l on the tlie 
east side of ihe Ki\|e|i- diicctly oj)j)osite (Jul Waynes old 
I'attle <4Touiid I was disjia] t |ehed with M' P>eiTy to vi(>w 
the i-iver and to ascertain the liest foarding we found the 
one at I'reskial' at the old liattleground to be the best and 
report etl aeeordingl)' 

[Tucsihiy, .liiTie tlif 'Pliirtiftli ] 

."><> This inoi'ning I was engaged in conveying the Sick ovei' 
the river in boats and when the Sick had crossed the genl 
CViiichKled to ci'oss the whole ai'uiy in boats which he did, 
the \\'a<i"'ons and Horses havina; crossed at the ford, I then 
went in coni]>a|n|y with Several gentlemen and a pilote 
that was in (inl A\'aynes Battle- and \ieweil the Ijattle 
ground manutely, the ar[in]y this day marched in hand- 
som[e] ord[e]i' through the village at the foot o£ the rap- 
ids and encamped on a jnararie about two miles below the 
village in Sight, ]>elow the old British garrison, this gai'ri- 
son has been a well l)uilt gari'ison with regular Basti[o]ns 
and Ditches with I)ou])le walls but is now Demolished, it 
being the garrisou the Indians tied to after AVayues battle 

[ Wednesday, July the First ] 

,luly 1' the army marched on the 4'" Regiment weut on as 
Pinonners this day I was taken with a Hux and fev[e]r So 
that I was Scarcely able to lide, but I advanced on before 



1 1'robably refers to Presque Isle Hill, the site of Wayne's battle. See Los- 
siiiir's Pictorial Field-Book of the War of ISli, pp. 54, 5.'j. — Editor. 

' Sometimes called the Battle of the Fallen Timbers, fought on Augast 20 
17'.I4.— Ei.iTon. 



18 THE JiOlSKKT l.rCAS JULIJNAL 

the army with the Spies this day the army marcheil aljdut 
12 miles and eiieamped in a liandsome plain. I had a Dis- 
agreeable nifjjht and took some inedieine. 

[ Entf-mi on ^ Considerable (luantitv of Haijorasfe, the Sick, 

the iiiiii-guij 1 ■ *" o ' ' 

and Consideraltle of the j)eoples jii-ivate prop- 
erty Sent on in a vessle 

[ Tliursilay, .July llie Second ] 

2"'' my l)eing on well I rode on a head to tin- rivei' Kaisin 
where 1 met Some gentlemen from Detroit thev informed us 
that Teeumseh' was at Maiden that there was al)out two 
thousjanjd Indians at Maldon and on the river I'ran- and 
Brown [sjtown that they Saw about two hundred of the 
S[i]ou.\ Indians at I'rownstow n as they passed with the Brit- 
ish flag hoisted, and that we Certainly would Ik- attacked 1)6- 
fore we got to detroit on Keceiviug this intelligence I Caught 
new life the fever left nicand I ])repared and pidjioscd to go 
ou to Brownstown to view the Situation and Disposition of 
the Indians the proposition was a]i]iriivcd li\ all the olHeers 
the army this night encamped on the South Side of the 
riv[e|r Kaison I lodged in a house being onwell and jtre- 
pared to start ne.xt morning 

[ Kriilay. .I\ily the Tliinl] 

.■i"' I I'epaired to the (ieneral was given the Cuinniand of 
the s])i[e]s and started on to brownstown being fur- 
nished with a fi'esh horse by the gnl. The Sjties ])arted 
and Scolulrcd the ('uuntai-\ in Ditl'erent Directions niv- 



• A ShawiU't warrior ami leaik-r of the confederation of Indian tribes forming 
alliance with the British forces. — Kditok. 
= The IIiuoii River. — EniTou. 



OF TIIK WAR OF 181'J ID 

self and five otlu'I•^< went to Bi'owiistowii iiiul fdiiiid tlm 
Indians instead of hostile array engas^i-d in icpaiiint;' their 
houses, they had built a new ('imuiccII liouse Since I liad 
passed through and man! tested e\er\ aiipearaiiee of friend- 
ship we then repaj i |iv(l to the big lioek' the principle 
Crossing plac[ej to ]\laldon, found a]>out .'?(• of the < )tto\\as 
Drunk on the bank Could get no Satisfaction from tlieni. 
The Crafts was all on the Canadian Side the S|i|ou.\ 
Indians that had been seen at Brownstown having crossed 
over to IMaldon, I pi'e\ailed ujxm the chiefs at this jilace to 
return with me to the army to explain to the Cenl the Situ- 
ation of their town and those Indians that had Crossed to 
maldon, and I'eturned to meet the army in Company witli 
M'' Walker a white man that lives at the Big Eock (the 
Crossing pl['i]L'[e]) and Some Indians. We fo[u]nd the 
ai'my encamped at Swan Creek- strongly fortified by timlier 
aliout '.• miles from Erownstown, I immediately reported to 
the (ienl my ])roceedings and discoveries 

[Entered on ^^y^ ^.^s informed to a crelrtrailnty by the in- 

tlie margin] L J L i ./ j 

dians that the vessel with our baireaire had been 
take[n] l)y the Eiitish, ])ut that the boat with 
tlie Sick had gone up safe 

[ Satnrilay, July the Fouitli ] 

4'" having been informed that the Indians and Eritish had 
Crossed from Maldon to EosiaP Island and probably had 

1 Opposite Maiden. — EniTOR. 

* A small creek flowins into the Maumee River at Toledo. The early settle- 
ment at this point, which later became Toledo, was known as Swan Creek. — 
Editor. 

'Probably intended for Grosse Isle, which lay in the Detroit River opposite 
Maiden. — EnixoR. 



•JO TlIK liOlJEKT LUCAS JulKNAL 

Ci'ossed tlif rivt-r aliosc witli :i view t>> attack us I was 
requested by the Lieul to jn'oceed ou and exaiuine the banks 
of the river I'rou' to the river Sacroix.- about 18 miles from 
the ar| III I y and within the '.» mih-s of Detroit it being within 
the wliitf settlement and at the head of the Island. I did 
So and examined mauutely but was advisetl Ijv the Indians 
at lirownstown to be Cautious least we should be killed by 
Some of the Indians from ^lalden we was Careful! }»ut went 
to the extent of our orders we assertaim-d that no one iiad 
Cross[ed I from Canada l>iit heard Con>iderable Shooting 
on the Island we on our leturn was informed by Some 
friendly Indians, that the British intended Crossing over 
tliat niglit and either to attaek the army or Detroit — we 
returned and made a re])ort of our ])roceediugs to the (ien- 
eral^ — a])out 11 ocloek this night the (ienl Sent for me 
re(juested me to take Some of tlie Spies and lepair to the 
l)ig rock to watch the Crossing of the iiv[e]r (the army at 
the time lay at the rivei' I'ran' having marched but six 
miles being detained throwing a bridge over the river being 
ab| o]ut 4 miles from the 15ig Kock) the army was ke])[t| 
under arms all night the exj)ectations of an attack was 
Strengthened In' the discovery of a British I'o gun Shi]) 
Laying in sight of the Camj) in the lake whicli was siip- 
])osed to contain troops and Could Inimbai'd our Camp from 
the lake. I obeyed his Coinniand and start etl went about ."< 
miles was hailed by a man who spoke euglish in a very 
alu'ujit iiianiK'i', we wiieeled into Bushes and the Coni]ia| n |y 
that was with iiir wishi'd to lire on tlieiu tmt cxjjectiug an 



' The Huron liiver. — Editok. 

• I'robably the River Aux Ecorccs. — Editoh. 



OF TlIK WAK OF isij 21 

en[e]my nigh and our ii\inil)cr small being only five or six 
I thought it ])rude| n |t to return to the Camp and inform 
the Genl, thinking that perhaps it might be Sonu' of our 
own men that might be out unbeknown to me, and if not it 
must be a party of the En[e]my that had landed fiom 
on board the vessel, that might l)e far Supei'ior to us in 
number being too far from the Camp to get any assisfcmce, 
I returned to the Camp made no alarm repaired to the (Jnl 
enquired of him whether any of our men was without the 
lines he informed me there was none to his knowledge, he 
requested me to take the Spies about 20 in n[u]mb[e]r and 
pass the pickets and to scour the Countary and watch the road 
towards the enemy and endeavor to assertain who it was and 
whether there was an en[e]my in tha[t] quarter or not. I 
did so we passed the pickets about a half a mile or a mile 
and explored and watched the roads till day — The general 
was mi8tak[e]n he had Sent on a party of m[e]n who he 
had forgot and instead of going to where they was directed 
they went a peace and lay in the Bushes at the side of the 
road who on our approach instead of making themselves 
known was alarmed and acted in this imprudent manner by 
hailing us not like a friend but an enemy. They may 
thank me for their lives had it not struck me that it might 
be Some of our men they would Certainly have been 
kil[l]ed on meditation I conceive the Gnl acted very 
imprudent by detaching us that night in the first place to 
watch the Crossing of the river in the heart of the en[e]my 
four miles from Camp through a wilderness, and in the 
second by Sending us with so small a party without the 
Pickets, had we met an en[e]my in either Case every Soul 



22 TUK KOliEKT LUCAS JUUKNAI. 

of us must have been Sacraficed as we could have got no 
assistani'l e ] trom the army being Such a di.stau[ce] from it 
that we would have been iutirely Cut of[f ] from the annv. 
I thoug|ht) of no fear, nor nothing els[ e | but to do mv 
duty at the time, uutill I heard the remarks of the otHc[e]rs 
the next day Sev[e]ral of them declaimed they would not 
have went. My princijde is to do my duty whatever mav 
be the task being Satisfied that courage guiiltil li\ jjrudence 
n[e]ver Shortened a mans days — 

[ Sunday, July the Fifth ] 

;")"> the Camj) broke up and marched for Detroit I went on 
ahead as usual, we hea[r]d great firing of Cannon at 
Detroit. A\'e Supposed that Detroit was attacked as we had 
heard of a British vessle going up the night before. The 
Sound of the Cannon hurried our pace and about 4 oclock 
V. M. the army ar[r]ived at the Sjiring well on the bank of 
the Iliv[e]r opposite Sandwich within three miles and in 
Sight of Detroit li;i\ing marched about iM) miles that day 
where they eiicain])e(l. Tlie liiini;- that was heard was from 
the Batt["e]ry at Detroit, lii'ing upon the vessle that had 
come u]) and upon the town of Sandwich, they having 
asseitained to a Certainty that the Hiitish liad taken oui' 
vessle that was Sent from the raj)ids with a ijiumtity of the 
Baggage of the ar[ m]y the olii| ce ]rs Mon[ e ]y ])a])ers Cloth- 
ing ttc and and those that was in the vessle five ladies[?J 
three offic[e]rs and about 30 men' 
[Kntcredon This moriiinL-- I was in (inl llidls Markee and 

llie inar^'inj "^ 

Colo Cass came in, he had Iieen sent to go to 



' Cf. Lo.s.siiig"s Pirlorial Field- lloulc vf the Il'ar of IS 12, pp. 2.")", 2o8. — Editoh. 



24 TllK KOBEKT LUCAS .lOlKNAL 

Maldoii. Till' (iiil iV(iu| e ]st| e[d me to with- 
draw wliich I did, tnr wliat ]iur]K)s[e] the man 
was seut to go to Maldnii I know not. lVrlia])s 
the (tnl kep[t 1 it a secret finni him as he did 
from me — on the ar|r|ival of the army the 
tiring eeased being disa]i]iri'\ ed Ky thf (inl as 
injuring jtrivate jui-iierty. 

[ Monday, .July the Sixili] 

6"^ The army I'emained at the spring AVell till evening then 
marched to Detroit, tlii-migli the town and returned to the 
Same encam})meut — This day a gi-eat number of Indians 
Came into Camp for the purpose of holding a Councill 
They all profess friendship. '2 Peac[e]8 of artil[l]ery 
brought to the Camp this evening — The people in Canida 
in great Confusion at tlie Sight of our army. — 

[Entered on (Jq (j^^^ went to Maldoii with a flag of truce to 

the margin] 

dem[au]d the private property that was held [?] 

[ Tuesday, .luly the Seventh ] 

7"" The army remained at the encam{)ment this day .'> ])eaces 
of artil[l]ery was placed on the Bank Directed to Sand- 
wich under the Command of Lieutenant Dallaby.' This day 
the Indians held a Councell with Gnl Hull, the principle 
Chiefs of the AVyandots ottaways, Chippaways, Shawaneas 
Senekas Pottawattomi[ e]s «fe Mohawkes were pres[e]nt they 
all profess fr[i]endship and request time to Consult among 
themselves and to return an answer a Beef was given them 
by the (ienl. This night about 1 2 oelock an alarm origin- 
nated in Camp that the Iud[ijans that was without the 

' Lieutenant James Daliba. — EniTon. 



OF TIIK WA1{ OK IS 12 05 

Ciiiii]) lia<l Cullt'ctt'd ;i I'oix'c iiiiil iiitfiidcd lo Jittack the 
Caiii]» — ((iiil Hull was in lowu) (iiil JMcArthui' took the 
coiiiiuaiid ordered the men under arincs and re(|iiested me to 
repair to MrKnag[g]s The Indian Interpreter ahout 1 i | ^ | 
miles to re([uest him to attend in the Camp. 1 went and 
returned with the interpreter; — inquiry was made — The 
alarm was found to be ])riuci])ally unfounded and the men 
allowed to retire to theii' tents — 

[Entered oil (J^)]q (^Jjvgj^ returned aecomitanied by a British 
ofHcer he was admit[t]ed l^y the Genl into our 
Camp, the projierty refused 

[ Weiliif.sday, July the Ki.^lith ] 

S"i the oani]) was thought to lie in Danger of being lium- 
barded ])y Cannon fr<im Sandwich the whole army was 
ordered to mareh a back wa\' to Detroit When the ai'my 
was altdut marching Crane the })rinei])le Wyandot Chief 
Came and remonstrated against the Conduct of the (inl in 
taking 21 Indian Horses that belong to the iS[i]oux Indians 
that was then at Maldon, (The horses was directed to be 
giv[e]n to the AVyandott Chiefs,) The Same Chief Said 
that they all intended to speak with the Same friendly 
\-o^\s and that the Wyandots all intended to use their 
influence to keej) all other nations ipiiet, at this m<nnent 
(inl Hull heard that there was a party of the Kickapoo 
Indians on the river Raison Sent me out to See them and to 
assertain their number and intention. I started immediately 
and went to the river Raison it being 3('> miles where I 
Stayed all night — 



26 THE KOBKUT LUCAS .TOrUNAl. 

[Thursday, July the Ninth ] 

9"" this moniiug I went up the river to the Indian Cainp T 
found there I'.s Warriors without any Women or Children 
with them. They was of the Kicka])(M) nation and the Same 
feUows that was at the battle with Harrison Some of them 
show tlu'ir wounds — They Said thei-e was more of their 
nation coming — behind them. They was almost naked 
except Kreechcloths and Blankets. They .said tlicy left 
their homes to go to Maldon. but on their being told of i)ui' 
army and that they would all 1h' kil| 1 |fd if thi-y tlid go 
they said they would not go to Maldon Ijut would go to See 
the (Jul at Detroit The two jii'inciple Chiefs started in 
Company with me and a M' Thomjison for Detroit, we 
travelled together to Brownstown where the Chiefs stop- 
[pjed and said they would Conu' on the next day. M' 
Thomjison and myself went on to Dctioit, it being late in 
the night ])efore we ar|i'|ived, the Ceutinels was placed, 
and the oliicer of tiie (i[ujard Could not be found tlierefore 
we Could not git into town and had to lay out, we returned 
to M"' Mays and lay in his ])oarch all night (The othcer of 
the g[u]ard being of the Detroit Militia) 

[ Friday, .July the Tenth ] 

10 this morning early I went to the C.enl and made my 
report, he offered me the Command of a Small Company of 
Sj)ies I observed to him that I would j)refer some other 
station wherein if T Came into action I Could be of more 
Service in exercising my military talents, and that I would 
wisli to be with (ud ]\b'.\rthiirs iJegt lu' observed he would 
wish to accomodate me in anything I would wish and if 
there was any station in Gnl Mc Arthurs Keg[i]ment wherein 



OF TIIK WAR OF isi-j 27 

I Could Ix' of use it would luct't with his iiitirc aj)])ro- 
bati[on I (Jid ^NIcArthur i'c(|ucst('d inc to attend liiiii iu Case 
we Should l)e attack [ed | and assist iiiiii iu I )ii'ectiiig the 
maneuvres to wiiieh I consented I would. I found the 
army this day encamped on the ("oinnions at Detroit. This 
night was pitched u])on to Cross the river, and Considerable 
Coufusion took jdace with the militia a uumher of th[e]m 
refused to Cross the river — Those that I'efused to Ci'oss was 
Considered by the army as Cowards. The army was almost 
prejxared to march when by accident, IMajor Munsoii' was 
badly wounded, and the Cam]) thrown into confusion. The 
Gnl pos[ t]])0ned the march till the next day — 

[ Saturday, .Tuly the Elcvcntli ] 

II This day Cai)pt Cuuninghams and Capt Iiu])es Com- 
pauys refused to Cross the I'ixer, but after Some Statement 
made Ijy the Colo Cunninghams Company agreed to go 
Rupe and his Company thi'ough obstinacy refused to march. 
The Cenl demanded a list of the names of those that 
refused to Cross the river Capt Rupe returned his whole 
Comjjan}- — The adjutan[t] rashly abused the whole Com- 
])a[n]y as Cowards Traitors etc and made a return of them 
to the Gnl under the head of a list of Cowards under the 
name of militia, unfortunattdy attached to Colo McAr- 
thur['s] Reg[i]ment, and then ar[r]ested Captain Rupe — 
for ungentlemanly and unotiicer like Conduct — This night 
Colo McArthur['s | Regiment was ordered to marcli down 
the River to dicoy the British, they marched down the 
river about three miles halted a few hours and silently 

' One of the two Majors of the 3d KegimeiU of Ohio Volunteers under the com- 
mand of Colonel Cass. — Editor. 



28 TllK ROBKirr IXCAS JOURNAL 

returned, taking boats down by water at the Same time, — 
Tlu' jirujcct had the desired eH'ect the British Sii])j)osed we 
intended Crossing l)eh>w Sandwich and tiiey (hvw all the 
forces they had down towanls Maldnn — \\'hcn the Regi- 
ment stalled J> Rankin James Cochran Daniel [ ]' 

and John Lafaige fell in Caj)t Luoass Com})any and marched 
with him Supposing the army intended cross[in ]g 

[ Sunday, July the Twelfth ] 

12 Tills nitniiing liy daylight the Crafts was all nuivcd uj» 
the river to the foot of Hog Island the army all marched up 
to that place Ensign ^IcDougal and about 1.') of Cajit Kupes 
Comj)any followed and ('losscil with the Regiment by 
wliirli they gained considci'able However tlu- names was 
all I'cturiicd to the (lul and rcrcivrd — 

Colo Cass and the 4"' reguhu' Kegmt was to cross fii-st I 
could not endure to be behintl 1 asked jiermission of Colo 
Cass and crossed with him and was among the lirst that 
landed in Can[a]da. We made our landing good and 
formed an encamjim[e |ut npjjosite Deti'oit and raised the 
American flag without there even l)eing a gun iired at us, — 
a party of the regulars went down as low as Sandwich and 
pmcured some flour wheat i^'c. out of a mill, — The inhabi- 
tants all tied in Different Directions from us. The (inl 
immediately circulated his proclamation which gave great 
satisfaction to the inhabitants and Caused many of them to 
return and a])ply for })rotect[ijon — The iidialiitants here 
are genei'ally ignoi'ant french ])eople — The encampment 
is formed at the farm of Colo Bawbie- a liritish C(do, it 



' This name is not legible. — Euimu. 

' Colonel Francis Babie. — See Lossing's Pictorial Field-Hook of the UVir of 
IS12, p. iiVl.—Y.inioK. 



OK TIIK WAR OF 1S12 29 

affoi'Js us fair pasture t'oi' liorscs, and liis ]i()us[('] ^'ood 
(|uaitt'i-s for tlu' (icnl, \\liifli is (ict'U]iic(l l)\ iiiiii as such 

[ Mniiday, July llic 'I'liiitecnlh ] 

1.". I \v«-iit in C()ni}»any with ('apt TllciTs (J(uii])anv and 
part <if Kupcs Comj)a| n |\ down towards Maiden al)()ut 
[) miles we found the Ijridge at turk[e]y Creek brok[e]u by 
the IJritisli and Saw the Signs where al»ont l'OO men | had] 
lay in ambusli the night l)efore watching the Bridge that they 
had l)roken laying in a ]iosit|io]n that they Could [have] 
iutirely Surrounded a small party had they attempted to 
Cross the Ijridge in the night. AVe was informed l)y a man 
that lived at the Bridge that there was a great many Indians 
Close about tliei'e and insisted u])on us returning assuring us 
that it was Dangerous for us to l)e So fai' from Cam]) with 
So small a party of men — we thought it jtrudeut to return, 
— we was half way from oui- Camp to ]\[akU)n and had but 
about 4(* men in all, on our return we Saw a line mare and 
Horse that the inhabitants said l)elont>'ed to Ct»lo Baw])ie 
and Capt Magi'ige [?] two I>ritish offioei's we was requested 
to bring them to the Gnl which we did, he Received, them 
as Enemies pi'operty and gave them in charge of the Quar- 
termaster (Inl to be disposed of as such — We on our return 
made a I'epoi't to the (inl of what we had seen and done, — 
this night there was an alarm in Camp that the Indians and 
British was near with an intention of attacking us the army- 
was put in readiness, the Cnl Sent for me and i-ecjuested me 
to attend to the Padrolls and Picket g[u]aixls, — The alarm 
was fals[e] and little was reipiired to Ije done, — and my 
being fateegued by ti'aveling the day before after I found 



30 THE KOliKKT LLCAS JUUKNAL 

there was no danger I retired to my tent, and went to 
Sleep on the ground — (all was well next nn>rnin<;) 

[ Tuesday, July llic Fourteenth ] 

14"' I i-cniaincd in Camp the inm was engaged in throwing 
up a hri'a>t\\(>rk round the C'aniji this night (inl ]\IcArthur 
with a party of his lieg[i]nient stai-ted tt) the river La 
Treiieh' to take ])Ossession of Sonife] public property I did 
iiiif know of the intcnlidn i>( their going so far, m 1 wcjuld 
went with them 

[ Wednesday, July the Fifteenth ] 

l.'i a iniinlicf of Deserters from MaUhni i^ (lail\ Coming 
intd Cam]) and obtaining ])rotection — all apj)ears to be 
admitted that appli[e|s. Some of whome I presume Conies 
only as spi[e]s fnun nialdon into our Cam]i and gets pro- 
tection and returns with the news In nialdon. The iidiabi- 
tants arc generally returning to tlu-ir homes, — this is a 
beantifull countary, fine orchards Jleadows, and excell[e ]nt 
Crops of wheat wliidi I iir'-^l u |nic must go to loss foi- want 
of Cut|t|ing as the men arr general 1 1 ]y imj)ressed and 
driven to Maiden, — this night we remained (piiet without 
an alarm 

[ Thui-sday, July the Sixteenth ] 

IC) this day C( do Cass and Colo Miller obtained jieiniission 
to tiike a Detachment of men for the ])urj)ose of obtaining 
possession of the I'lidge at the !Ii\('r Canard- within .") miles 

' The Kiver Thames, a liver of Ontario (lowing southweslward into Lake St. 
Clair. — Kditoii. 

' The Kiver Aux Canard.s, flowing westward and emptying into the Detroit 
River opposite Grosse Isle a few mile.s above Maiden. This river was called by 
the Wyandots the Ta-ron-tee, and Colonel ('ass because of his capture of the bridge 
on this day wa.s frequently referred to a.s the "Hero of Ta-ron-tee." — Kjhtou, 



OF TIIK WAR OK isiii ;U 

of Maltlfii. Tlie l^ridi^'e we had liecii iiifdi'iiicd was ln'okcii 
and ocTupit'd l>y a l^ritisb foiiir on tlic opposite side. 
The Detaehment consisted of Capt Snelliiiii's conipal n |y of 
regulars Capt Reynokls Com]m|n|}' of \<)l|u|nteers Ca|)t 
Spencers Capt Burslers Ca])t Barrens and Ca])t Ullery and 
Capt Robinsons Coni])anys of Riflemen — in all abtmt I'OO 
men, — I was permitted to accompany them as a volunteer 
myself ^\'illiam Stockton and Samuel Herd of the ])arty of 
Rangers went in fi'ont of the advanced g| u |ard, we marched 
on within l' or 3 miles of the l)ridge when we was informed 
l)y some of Cavalary that the Bi'idge was guarded by a Hi'it- 
ish force and Some Indians, also that they had artillei'V at 
the Bridge a Sergeant and I'J of Capt Robinsons men was 
reipiested to go in front with me as the advanced g| u |ard 
together with the two i-angei's that had accompanied me, and 
took a rout| e] to Cross the River and Come in uj)on the 
Back of the enemy the Balance of Cai)t Robinsons Com- 
pa[n]y was ordered to advance along the I'oad in sight 
of the Bridge to keeji the enemy in check they advanced 
and wounded and took two of the British Soldiers that had 
been jiosted across the rivei- as Centinels — the balance of 
the army went up the river with me (except a few Dragoons 
and a jiai't of the rangers under Capt Mc(Jollough and a few 
other men \\ho Stayed on tlie Side of the Creek to annoy 
the en[e]my) — A\ e assended the liver aV)Out "> or (i miles 
(piloted Ijy two frenchmen that we made go witli us) crossed 
the river (myself AV"' Stockton and Saml Herd l)eing the lii'st 
ther[e] and advanced on a rise and kept a look out while 
the others crossed) we De[s]cended on the opposite side 
through a ti'emendous thicket of Bushes and Prickly ash 



32 l'"''- KOBERT LUCAS .lOlKNAL 

swamps till we came in Sight of the Bridge. The advanced 
g[u]anl having intirely skirted the j)raan and (iot some dis- 
tan[ce] in front halted, in Some woods by the edge of a 
jiraari) Colo Cass and .Millfr Uy Some means marched into 
the j)r:iiiry in Sight of the IJridge l)y Avhieh means the 
enciny got Siglit of tin- ai'niy. at this lime al)out f)" 
Jndian|s| lay within gun Sliot of the advanced g(u|ai(l. 
Coiumauded as we have be[e]n infniined l)y Elliot .Mcl\ce' 
ami Tecuniseh which liad we proceeded immediately on 
might have surrounded them l)ut on their getting Sight of 
tlie army they raised the }ell and jumped and run with- 
out even firing a gun at us — The advanced g[u]ard could 
have Shot Some of them had they not had orders from Colo 
Cass not to Shoot in case they Saw anything but to immedi- 
ately iiifnriii liiin. The army under Cdlo Cass liad i<> lurii 
II]) a Creek Some distiiuc| e ] before they Could Cross — and 
when they Crossed they all iiislicil into the Praai'i in Sight 
of the enemy at a lialf mile or 4 of a miles di.stanc[e], and 
halted, the Sight of our ow n men across the Bridge Con- 
fused tlit'm Consideraldy they Supposed them to be the 
army the whole Stood in this Confused .state for perha])s 20 
minutes, I was at the time ([uite in the front on the right 
wing (1 never was more vexed in ni_\' life to See men and 
officers in Such Confusion) The llitiemen was ord[e]red all 
to take the left Hank a|d |join| in |g the woods and to form 
in line they advanced with great Courage but in bad ordei'. 



' Matliew Klliott and Aiidnw McKiu. lioth natives iif I'ciuisjlv.ini.i, were 
in.-ili;;iiaiit Tories (liiriiiir llic KcvolnliDnary War anil had since been proniinenl 
ill llie service of the Hriti.sli in stirrin;; up tlie Indian tribes asaiiist the Ameri- 
cans. Tlie renegade Simon Girty was associated with them. — See Lossing's 
Pictorial Field-liuok of the War of JSI^, pp. 45,40. — Editok. 



OF Tlll'l WAIi OK isij 33 

1 eudeavdivd ;ill in my |)()\v('i- to kccj) tli|c|in in (H^lcr l>u( 
in vain (Some of the nu-n C'allctl npon me to t:ikc the Com- 
mand to whicli 1 Te])li('d tliat I (-ould not take the Com- 
mand tVom their olHeers as tiieir own otli| ee |rs was present. 
The Infantry lialte(l and formed in oi'(l|e|r. T| lie | IJiHe- 
men rnshed im perliaps 100 yai'ds in front, a tirini^ Com- 
nieneed 1)\ our men aei-oss tlie Creek, and was retui'ned by 
the liritish and Commanded our men when ."lOO yai'ds |)is- 
tan|t| a party of llitiemen was directed to take tlie woods, 
they a])peared Baclvward iSu])posing a body of Indians lay 

therein, But Capt [ ]' myself and Dentou Scott (a 

ffentleman who had went with us as a volunteer) rnshed into 
the woods and was followed l)ravely by Capt Ullerys Com- 
pa[n]y and part of Cajit lkob[in|sons we ran through the 
point of wt)ods to where the British and Indians had been 
encamped, by this time our troojis that was across the 
nv[e]r Joined us, we tii'ed upon them from the woods, 
being about 'JOO yards distan[t] lieing the nearest we could 
get to them, they retreated in Such hast[e ] that we Could 
not Come up with them, l>y this time it began to get dark 
in the evening, we returneil not having one man injured, we 
left a guard at the Bridtre and returned about 1 or 2 miles to 
Some houses and Barnes and encamped — The Brittish had 

2 small field peaces at the I'ridge and when they Saw our 
advanced g[u]ard Sent them of[f ]. — They was so Skittish 
that had we Conducted ])roperly and Came in l)ehiud them 
we might have kil[l]ed or taken them all jirisouers — there 
was 150 British Troops in Uuifo[r]m and about ")0 In- 
dia[n]s — had they know|n] our force and acted with 



» The .suinaiUL' is omitted in the uiiyinal luaiiuscript.— Editor. 



34 TlIK KOKKKT LIHAS .lOL'IINAI. 

Courage they might have beat us — This night an alarm 
went to C'aTnp that there was tiring heard and that the 
Bridge had been attacked a Second time. The Genl. Sent 
on to our assistanj cej the whole of the 4"' Rgt of Regulai-s 
and a ])eae[e| of artillerv under the Command of Lieuten- 
|a|iit I^astinan with ordt^rj s | for us to return to Caiiip. 
wher[e| the ar['m]y all was (juiet we had kep[t] the bridge 
peaoea))ly all night — 

[Entered on qp},]^ ^\.^y ('.„,^ liiown of tlu' ivtrulars Went to 
tho uiargiM J " ' 

.Maldoii with a thig of ti-iicc the ]iui'jioi-t of which 
is not known to me he was fired u])on as he 
returned The troops all acted with i^ood Cour- 
age but not good Conduct the fault is generally 
in the otlicers 

[ I'liday, July Ilie Seventeenth ] 

17 This iiKU-ninu- tlie i-einforcera[en]t from the 4"' Kgt and 
artill|er|y having ar| i'|i\eil a Horseman n'turned from the 
Bridge stating that the whole i'>fiti<h ariny was a coming on 
hearing of which Colo Cass myself Capt MeCollough and 
Several others immediately rejiaired to the Bridge and 
Crossed over a few liillemen was Dii'ected to scour the edge 
of the woods Colo Cass advanced himself to where the Bi-it- 
ish had retreated from the evening before Capt .McCol- 
loug[ h I and myself went about •_' miles down the road 
tow;ird Maldon Ix'fore we Saw any jiersou, we tlien stop- 
[ p |ed and viewed two boats in the liver loaded with men, 
wliicli appeafi'd to lie assending the I'iver — whih' we was 
thus \ iewing -J Bi'itish hors[e]men hove in Sight as Soon as 
they Saw_ us they wheeled and returned in full sjieed. the 



OF 'I'lIK WAR UK 1812 85 

Back (MIC of til [('I III raised a wliitc (la<:: and llit- othi'i' a red 
oiie the one witli a red tla<^ taeked aliniit ami df| s |ccnded 
toward Maldon. We tiien Tetnrncd lo the IJi'idge the 
otKcers then met and held a Cuiiiieill and all insisted upon 
evacuating the Bridge except Colo Cass and Capt Siiclling, 
who insisted u])on maintaining the ]i<)st as an important 
one as it was the only o1)striietioii in the way from where 
the army was encamped to Maldon, — They being over- 
jiowered the Bridge was al)andoiie(l and the Detachment 
returned to Camp without leaving a g| u |ard to keep the 
post we had 80 easily gained. When we returned to Cam]) 
we met Colo McAi-th[u]rs Detachment just ari'ived from 
the River La trenc' with Considerable ])ublic 8tor[e]s, — 1 
was now informed that the Senteno[e] of the Court martial 
that I left Sit|t|iiig on the trial of Capt lvin)e was that he 
should be Cashi[e]red and not permitted to bare arms as an 
officer in Defence of the ITnited States — (This was a bad 
manner to fateegue men to take the Bridge and give it uj) as 
we fo[ii']iid it. [)] This night a report Came to Cam]? that 
the Queen kSharlotte a British armed vessel was Coming u]> 
the river Demolishing the houses as .she Came and that the 
British had taken ])Ossession of the Bridge and was impress- 
ing and ])lunder[in]g the inhabitants — Colo Fiuley took 
the Command of a detachm[en]t and repaired towards the 
Bridge he went within two mih's Saw the Sliij) lay in the 
lviv|e|r l)elow, and with|i]u Carry of the Bridge detached 
a small party to the liridge found that the British had come 
and Cut away the sil[r]s and erected a breastwork of tim- 
ber on the opposite side 



' Till' Kiver Th^uit-s. — Enixon. 



36 TllH UOIJERT LUCAS .loiKNAL 

t Ji;;.";|;^;|.j|" One of tlie Bi-itish Soldi [ejrs that was wounded 
was Ijrought up a j)risoiier with us. the i)tli|e]r 
considered luurtally wounded, was left, lie tiled 
the same day the Indians Came and scaljied him 
and sold liis sealp to the liritish a i^'ood trick foi- 
an Indian to make the British Gov. j)ay for their 
own Soldiers Seal] is. 

[ Salurilay. .Inly the ?;ij;htecntli ] 
IS Colo Fiuley returned with his 1 )etaehm[e]nt and made 
report as above stated, 1 remained in Camji tliis dav and 
little was done. French Deserters Contiuuallv Comiii" in 
from Maldon and get[t |ing protection — This evenint; Capt 
Snelling Capt MansHuld and part of Cap' Sloans trooj) of 
Horse went an jiadroll to the l?rid<;e 

[Suiiihiy. .Inly the Niiicteentli ] 

1'.)'" This day Colo .McAitliur anil a Detachment fmni his 
Regiment <>{ aliout ■_'()() uhmi was ordered dnw n to tin- 
Bridge to view tlie Situati|nii| Imt restricted So as not 
to go with|i]ii ivncli of the guns of Queen Sharlot | te ]. 
They repaired immediately \i< the Bridge being about 14 
miles from the Camp Capt .McCullough Colo McDoinild 
and Several of the rangers and mvself went on in front, we 
found Capts Snelling Mansfield and part of the Dragoons 
within a mile of the Bridge in a lane, in full view of the 
Queen Sharl<it|Te| myself and Several i<i: the rangers went 
do|w|n within alwnit l'OO yards of the iiridire I was sit- 
|t|iiig 1)11 a gray Ilnrse (that 1 had got to ri'le fiuin the 
Quarter .Ma-tei- (inl mine being Morn do[wju) Viewing 
the vessle very attentively when I Bu'ceived a Shut from a 
Swivel on Iwiard a gnn liuat, that hail imt been discovei'ed 



OF TlIK WAK OK ISlj 37 

1(V us, till' Slidt was nircclcd at iiir and the l>all sfi'iick tlir 
o;i'nuiul alidut ."0 (ir 4<i tVct licl'm-c nic ( I licai'd 1 ln' iinis| r | 
of the liall lit'forc I hcai'd the rc|i((i1 ) \vf ivtunicd li> \vl:ci-c 
the 1i'ti(i|)s were; the hnal iiniiic(liatc| ly | I'nwcd up sfrcaui 
with al! speed t<> head us and tired a Second shot at us the 
liall passed over our heads. 1 infoi-nied Cajit SnelliuL;- hi- 
ini|uired if we had artillery eoiiiiui;' on 1 infornu'd him we 
had not he observecl that we could not maintain that post 
witlmut artillery he (lispa|t|ched iiis men through the L;i'ass 
neai' the hank of the riv[e|r, I ])assed u]> the lane and 
liitche(l my Horse and returned as I returned, I passed by 
Several lIors[e]meu standing in the lane, when a Shot was 
Directed at tliem the Ball passed over them Capt Snellings 
men rose from the grass and fired upon th[e]m the boat 
returned in great hast[e | whether any person was injured 
on l)oard or not is unknown — at this time Colo McAr- 
t]i[u|rs Detachment ar[rjived, Capt Sn(dl|i|ngs tt Mans- 
field Conipa[n]ys and Dragoons returned, Colo McArthur 
Adjt Puthuti:' and a nundx-i' of the Kiflenien went withi| n | 
Shot of the British troops at the Bridge a number of Shots 
was exchanged on both sides Jio injury was done to us 
we Supposed several of the British and Indians were killed 
or wounded as Several Avas seen to fall at the report of 
the guns, (I took four fair shots myself but do not know 
whether I injured any person or not) James Cochran of 
Cajit l\up[e]s Corap[an ]y who left the Company at Detroit 
and Came over and Joined Capt Lucas (Jom])a[n]y behaved 
bravely he got down behind a log and lay and Shot all his 
ammunition away at them, one man was Seen to fall at one 
of his Shots after he had Shot his anununition away he 



38 I'lll- liOHEKT LUCAS JOLliNAL 

blackgl u];inlf(l tliciu iiml Cursed them for Cowards and 
dared tlu-iii to Come over the Kiv[e]r, We fired at them in 
tliis way for :imusement till we was tired and retired to the 
army aljout a mile baek. lu the afternoon Colo McAr- 
thj u |r and his adjut[a]nt Surgeon went down to where we 
had been Ijefore to take a view of them before we re- 
turn|ed| wlu-u they was fired uixm by Some Indians that 
had Crossed the Kivt-r at the Hridixc and lav in the ijrass 
and I'uslirs the troops was enraged at their Colo being fired 
u|ioii. they all rusiicd forward. ('apt Lueas Coin]ianv 
nearly all l»eing present, Caj)t Lucas was directed to com- 
inatnl the right wing and Ca})t Pinney the left they rushed 
on drove the Indians which was about 41) or 50 in number 
across the river and exchanged Several fires Avith the Brit- 
ish and Imlians across the rivei'. I at tiiis time was i>n 
hors[eJback on the right wing assisting to keep the troops 
in order. I Saw the Indians fiank ofi' from the Breastwork 
at the Bridge and Crall throuuh the grass Some of them 
got tolerably close to our men — < )nr ■irdi-i' was sncli that 
we Could not keep the Ijridge if we took it. wv was 
ordered to returned, and when we retnrncil the Indians 
Crossed the I'iver again and fired upon us we halted faceil 
about and fired upon thein Several times. Two oi our men 
was wounded, a M' Mellon of Ca])t Fryatts Com])a[ u | v and 
a M' A\'illiams of Capt Cunni[ n jghams Company, but 
ueith[er| inoitally, (Several Indians took Sight at me for 
Several Shots as I was on a gray Ilors|e| and the only one 
that was on IIors[e]back on tlie right wing — The Ijalls 
whisseled ineii-ily, but none touched me, in the heat of 
firintr. 1 was diverted to See Some of ihe bovs Dodi^e at 



OK TIIK WAR OK I8i;2 ;}'.) 

tilt' wliislcliu^' (if the lialls — we returned two or thi'ce miles 
ami met ("olo Cass ami his Ki;-t aii<l a |ieae| e | of aftillery 
lie insisted upon ij;oiuL; tiack to •j;\\'o them a I'we with this 
Caimou, uotwithstaudiug the orders of the (liil was not. to 
Cross tlu^ Bridge, during the tiring Several Shots from (.^)ueen 
Sliarl|ot|te and the gun l.ioat was lireil at us imt none 
had etl'ect, C'olo MeArth|u|r at the i'ei|uest of Colo Cass 
returned and encamped in the houses and I'.ai'iis within 
a few miles of Bridge the Boys all acted w ith great courage, 
one (if Capt l^ncases Com]i| an |y liy the name of .Mciiill got 
his gun choaked in the heat of the action and at a time 
when we expected to lie met by an eijual or Supei'ior 
fourc[e], he deliberately took the Barrel out of the stock on 
Bricked his gnu Drove out the load, Briched her ])ut her in 
order and loaded and Shot tive rounds afterwai'ds during 
the Contest, it is an astoiishing thing to me that no more 
of our men was wttunded altho[ugh | we was at a consider- 
able (listanc[e] the balls generally went over our heads, Ave 
understand that Several of the British have lieen kil|l|ed 
and wonnd(^d — 
[ Entered on (V,h> ]\r Arthur had his horse wounded in the 

the margin ] 

forehead It is trulv distressin"' this evenintr to 
see Women and Children ruu[n]ing for their 
houses thos[e ] in favor of the Britis[h] for fear 
oi us those in favor of us foi- fear of the British 
Those whose fortunes it is to reside at the seat 
of war must experienc[ej troulile — 

[ Monday, July I lie Twentieth ] 

20"^ The Colonels Cass MoArth[u]r myself and Several 
others went to view the situation of the British troops 



40 



TiiK roi;k.kt i.rcAs jot'i?nal 



at till- l'>ri(l-v Wf Saw that they liail artillery at the I'.ridge, 
C'nlo .MeArthur was (.i)])()s[e jd to fati'('gui[u]g the nicii in 
liriii^iiii.' thi'iii up tt) action against artilh-ry wlien they had 
not an ciinal ("hauc[e|, ])ut Colo Cass and Major Trindtk- 
insisted u])on giving them a sluit, accordingly the two regi- 
ments marched down Colo ]\IcArthur recjnested me to take 
two Rifle Companys ami flank to a Point of wood tliat they 
Su])| p]osed the Indians would make to in order to Come 
upon tlie|i|r llaiik I did sn. 1 advanced to the woods 
Sco|u|red ihrm t'nuiid there was no Indians in them and 
posted myself in the etlge of the woo(l as 1 had lu-eii 
directed to watch the movem[enjt of the Indians, while I 
was Sco| u"|rini: the woods I heard Shot fr(tm Cannon and I 
Saw tln-m retreating they aclvauced and Shot three Shots 
from a Six pounder at the l^ritish and I'ei'cived Sevei'al 
Shots from Swivels and nine pounders from the liritish, 
they retired without a man being luii-t after the army had 
retreated 1 was directed to retreat also which 1 did .-iiid 
overtook the army in aliout 4 miles had the eii|e|iiiy 
immediately rushed in after the army I'etreated they might 
have Cut of[f I my retreat as the olticers did not let ine 
know that the army had gone till they had got Sonu^ dis- 
tance. We all retiirue<l to Camp in Safety, luit much 
fateetruied and very Hungary being nearl}' two tlays with- 
out much to eat — There api)ears to be a mistery in these 
proceedings, if the bridge was wo[r ]th contending for, why 
did we not keep it when we had it, if it is not an oliject why 
fateegue troops in Sending them to it In m| ijl[e]s from 
camp. I fear tliat these proceed| i |ngs will prove injui-ious 
to us 



OF TilK WAR OK 1S12 41 

I Tursiliiy, July ilii- 'rwciily-lirsl ] 

21' 1 Kciiiiiiiied ill (anip tlicrc was no alarm. Tlic ^'ciicral 
retui'iKMl to Detroit, ami Several Coiujiaiiies oi' tlu^ re<^iilai' 
Kogiineut Colo McArtli| u [r acts as (!oiiiiiiaii(laiii he direcls 
tlu' rauo;ers to start to iiioi'row moriiin^' to explore the Hack 
C'oiiiitary aii<l search for a I'oail a l>ack \va}' to f'oi't Mahhui 
— The ai'iny i;'et|t]iiig Sick Coiisiderald} , aiul 1 fear that 
they will Suffer the eiisu| i |iil;" Season — The artificer is 
engage[(l] in making })ike h-ons and moiinti| n |g ai'tillery, 
tlie Slii]) Carpeuter[s ] are engaged at Detroit in riggin[g] 
the Bi'ig Adam] s]i C'alcidated to C'ar[r]y fC, guns 

[ ■\Ve<lne.sday, July llic Tweuty-Sfconil ] 

22'^ Crossed over to Detroit and Received orders from Colo 
Miller of Ohio to repair to C!hillicothe- immediately to 
attend to the recruiting Serv|i]ce il'c, in Conse(|uence of 
Avhieh orde[r]s I have this day l)e(Mi (lej)rived of going with 
the rangei's to exjdore the ])ack road to Maldon, — this day 
there has been an alarm in Camp that there was Indians 
Seen a. few miles ]»elow Camp a Jiarty of men went out Ijut 
made no discoverys. The ai'iiiy remaiiie<l ijui(4. 

[ Thursday, July tlie Twenty-third ] 

23 This morning Capt MeConough and the ningers re- 
turned, they had explored as far as the River Canar'' They 
saw a great many Indian signs they did not Cross the 
Riv[e]r, as they heard Considerable Shooting ou the oppo- 
site side of the River, they say a good rotid Cannot be had 



1 This vessel, taken by the British when Detroit was surrendered, was after- 
wards used in the Britisli service under the name of the " Detroit." — Editok. 
^ See below, Appendix B. — Eoitor. 
s The I!iver Au.x; Canards. — Editok. 



4-2 Till:: KOUEKT LUCAS JOUKNAL 

back tlu'V wt'iit dowu the Kiver in Sight of the Bridge they 
Saw a number of British and Indians there tliey appeared 
to be engaged witli repairing the Bridge or or erecting 
a Battery, — a party of Indians discovered them and tried to 
Surround them, they Saw tlie Indians and made tlieir 
escape, — report said that 50 Indians was on yesterday Sev- 
eral miles above the bridge in Comj)a[n]y with a merchant 
fi'om Sauduicli — also tliat the proph[eJt' liad ar[r]ived at 
Maldiiii with a I'cint'drcemeut of linliaiis ( N\'hy does the 
army dally, why do they not make the Stroke on Maldou 
at once, had proper energy been used, we might have been 
in Maldon now, we are tampering with them untill they will 
be able to drive us back across the river, — or at least I fear 
that will be the Case if there is not ;in alti-ratioii in the pro- 
ceedinijs if it is not, it must be owiuir to the Defect in 
the Bi'itisii Commander) Our conduct has at least incour- 
aged them much and increased the number of t)ur enemies; 
— had the Bi'idge been kept when we liad it, untill tin- 
whole army was pivparcd to niarcli all would have been 

well— 

[ Friday, July the Twenty-fourth ] 

24 Major Denny with a Detachment of about 150 men 
under the Command of Caj)t Lucas Pinny ami Rose accom- 
pani[e]d by Capt McCullock II Fowler Stockt[o]n ^^''" 
Denny Aveiy Powers of the Rangers, Started down to the 
Bridge for the purpose of AN'aylayiug and Cut[t]ing of [ f] 
a Detachment of Indians that was reported to [be] ranging 
in the woods, in tliat quarter they marched down in the 

' The Prophet, so called because of his reputed prophetic powere, was a brother 
of the Shawnee warrior, Tecumseh, and wa.s associated with him in organizing 
the Indians into a confederation hostile to the Americans. — Editor. 



OK TlIK \\A\l OK 1812 43 

eveuin-- witliiii si^iit <<( tlu' I?!'i(isli ciK-niii^iicnt ;it tlie 
Bridge, aiid lay conccalnl in a wlicaf, Held all iiiglit, withuut 
iiitei'l r]u])ti(iu, — 

[ Salunlny, July the Twcnly-lirHi ] 

2') 'Jdiis iiKiniiiiL;- \\'"' Stooktdu liciiig onwcll ivtiiriicd to 
the Caiui), a Sliuit time after A\eiy powers Ix-ing like 
onwell left the detaehineiit and returned as fai' as turk[ejy 
Creek when he was fired upon l>y a i)ai'ty of Indians and 
killed Several balls was Shot through his hddy he was 
tomahawk[e]d but not Seal])ed. 'Jdie Indians it api)ears 
from information uf the inhabitants was brought up to that 
place by a Certain freneh Caj)ta[i |n Bonty, by water for 
the puri)Ose of waylaying the detat'hment that was down 
with Major Denn}-. Major Denny it appears made Consid- 
erable ranges through the Couutary, fell in with Capt 
Bonty who pertended to be going to reap his harves[t], he 
was inter [rjogated and found to be an officer in the British 
Servic[e] and was taken prisoner, — and Sent on to C'ainp 
under the Care of Ensign Baird and a small detachm[e]nt 
of men, — after the prisoner had been Sent the Detachment 
under the Command of Major Denny took a Circuitous 
routfel, through the woods and beinc; much fateesuied 
halted in a grove of woods to rest, the troops generally fell 
a Sleep, and was reposing in this jiosition when a detach- 
ment of Indians was Seen near them, they arose and fired 
upon the Indians, killed Several and got the musket that 
was taken from Avery powers in the morning, the Indians 
was pursued until they was reinfor[ce]d part of the detach- 
m[e]nt under Maj[o]r Deii[n]y retreated in Disorder with- 
, out making any defence The Major found himself likely to 



44 TUK Kor.Eirr i.rcAs .iouknai- 

Vk' oiitriaiikeil by the enemy ordered a retreat, they were 
pursued ])v the Iiulians and a party of British for Several 
raik's, to turk|e|y creek Bridge. They hist Six men this 
(hiv in .-dl Kilh'd and taken ])risoners, — an express e;ime 
into C'amjt witli an aeeo[u|nt of the Death of Avery Pow- 
ers 1 immediately on hearing the news starteij witii a i>art 
of ("apt Rol)insons Uitle Company to reinforec Major Deuiiy 
and to iiriiig in the Deail. I rushed on in liast|e|. and met 
tlif M.ijoi' at tiii'k[ejy creek the ])hic| e ) where Avery Pow- 
ers la\'. I proposed going ])ack to meet the Indians. Imt 
the men with .Major Denny being much fateegnetl and C'on- 
sider[iujg oui- fource not S\illicient the ])roposition was not 
atrreed to we accordintrly returned to C'ami) ;ind to(»k the 
body of Averv jxiwers a very lirave man wiiii us. Capt 
McCollock this day killed ;ind Scalpe(l ;in Indian it being 
the only Scalp that was t.tken, alrlio|ughj Several Indians 
was Seen killed, Majoi' Denny attaches great credit [to] the 
detachm|eii |t under tin^ (_'omin;ind of ('apt Lucas and Lieut 
Mur] 1> |li\ I -I- and a ji.-irt of ( 'apt Puju-s ( 'onipaiiy — 
[Sunday, .Inly llie Twenty -.sixth] 

I't') This morning we inter[r]ed our nies[s]mate, Avery 
powers with the honours of warr — there was a vessel Seen 
C'omini,^ down the llivei' with British Coulors she was fired 
uj)on and brouudit to She proved to l>e one of the american 
vessles that ii.ad be|e]n taken at Michil| r|imac[k |a- 
nac[k|' and had been Cartailed as private property she 



' Tlie fortress of .Micliilliiuackin.ick, more eonnuonly sliorlencd to Mackinack 
or Mackinaw, on tlie northemniosl point of the jjeiiinsula of Michigan, was, 
on tluly 17, 1812, captured by the Hritish, tlie American commander having re- 
ceived no notice of the declaration of war. — See Lossing's Pictorial Field-Book of 
the War of 1S12. p. 270.— Editor. 



OF TlIK WAi; OF 18l'j 45 

liail (in lioai'tl Siiiii|('| <il' tlir ]ii-is()iici's tli.nt was taken u hen 
till' >;'arris(in at Micliil| 1 |iniackin| ack | was taken, she was 
(inlefed nmler oui' I'atlcry and there to remain — 

[Monday, .Inly lliu Twriily-suvcnlli, to iMoiulay, Aui;u.st tliu TliinlJ 

fi'oni the "J?"' to the ."nl ut' Ani;nst tlie nothing' of ( 'oiise- 
ijnenee w;is (hmi', thei'e was a fort onh'red to he liuilt at 
(iowris' aliont a lialf m'de liehiw the ('ainp, I liad pi'e|)ai'e<l 
to ivturn to C'hillieothe aii;i'eeal)ly to ordei's l)ut l)y the intci'- 
tVij (' ]nee of tlie C"oh)neIs and tlie (inl I c<inseuted to feniain 
with the annv, and at;ain att.-iehed myself to the ran^'ei's, 
we wei-e freijuently engaged in reeonnoiteriug the Couutiiry 
anmnd tlie Camji and of nights la) ing out watching for the 
en[ejin_y, during the above jieriods an express ar[r]ive(l 
from t'hillii'otlie informing us that C'ajit Brush was a Com- 
ing with a volunteer C"onipa[n]y to join us and had with 
him a i[uantitv of provisions, knowing the Communieatiou 
was (.'ut of[ f I and that if he attempted to pass Browiistowu 
he would be attacked l.>y the British and Indians C'olos 
McArthur and Cass Solisited the Geul to let theiii go with 
a Detachment of men to meet him, and thereby' Secure him 
and the pi'oxision their re(juests were re])eatedly refused, 
and Considerable dissatisfaction prevailed in C'amp in Cou- 
se(|uen[cej thereof 
[Enteredou duriii"' the above i)eriods (tuI Hull requested of 

the margin ] ^ 

me and Capt Knaggs to attemjit to take Tecum- 

seh the Indian ch[i]ef he recommended us to 

disguise ours(^l\(^s and to go among the Indians 

at Maldon. I was willing to do anything 1 was 



' See Lossinsi's Pidoriai Field-Book of the ^Vnr of ISl.?, p. 277.— Editok. 



46 TllK Kdl'.KK'I' l.l'CAS JOrKNAI. 

ordered luit not to act f()olis[li |ly. had we made 
the attempt agreeable to his phiii we wnuld lieeii 
both take[n], instead of taking' 'I'ccuinsidi. per- 
lia])s that was liis wish — 

[Tiicsdiiy. August the Fourlh] 

4"' August — having been informed tliat a i)avty of Hritisli 
and Indians had Crossed turk[e]y C'i'cck and that two 
British officers had advanced within 4 miles of our Camj), 
Capt McCollock AV"* Stockton Edward fowlei' Montgomery 
McCuU and inyselt' went in Search of them we proceeded as 
far as turk[e]y creek we ascertained that there had lieeii a 
party of the British and Indiaus there the day before and 
had driven of[f | a quantity of the inhabitants Cattle and 
were expected there again tliat dav. wr went as far as was 
thought ])ruden[t] and t(K>k a cross tlie Countary for Sev- 
[ejral miles back, we Saw Sev[eji'al British or Indians 
riding at a distance from us but on seeing us they ma<le 
of[fJ from us we returned to Cam]) and reported accord- 
ingly — on our return we was informed that the (uil had 
Consented to Send a Detachment of about 150 men under 
the Command of Alajor Van home' to escort the male and 
to join Capt Brush at the river raisin, Cajjt McCollock 
aj)plietl to the did for liberty to accomj)any them with tlie 
rangers. 'J'lie (inl refused to let them all go, liut granted 
him liljerty to take half there being l)ut Six lit for duty, he 
Selected W™ Stockton and Ivluard fowler to accompa[n]y 
him in Cousert with myself the (h'tachment having marched 
we four Crossed the riv|e|r in the evening and ])roceeded 



' Thoina.s li. Van lliirnc was one of tlie Majors of tho 'Jd Kegiment of Ohio 
Vohuitocre under comiuaiid of Colonel Finillay. — Kditoh. 



OF TIIK WAR OF isij 47 

on txiivv tlicm and ovcrtinik tliciii at llir ri\ | <■ |r Kusli ' tlii^ 
whole ])r(icci'(lf(l oil after iii^lit to the Ki\|f|r Sacroix,- 
wliere we lay in the Uiishes all night, Me('ollou<i;li I<\)\vlei- 
Stockton and myself lay toge[t]hei' ()n tlu^ left Hank tiie 
remaiude[r I of the night — 

[Weilin'siiny, Aui^tist tlic Fifth] 

5"' AVe ai-ose at Day brake and got our horses and took a, 
routLe I around the Detaehmeut, we assertain[e |d liy the 
tracks in the road and trails in the grass that there had 
lieen a ])a|r]t)- of Indians watching us dur|i]ngthe niglit, 
it was a lieautiful clear morning, we advanced to the riv| e ]r 
and heard the Sound of oars of hoats rowing — l)ut at Such 
a distauc[e | that they could not he Seen for a fog that ruse 
a few feet above the watei', — The Detachment prepared and 
we 2>i"ooeeded on the marcli Capt McCollock and myself 
advanced in front for Some distance freipiently turning 
across to the river to See if there was not men crossing 
from Canada, we ])asseil throngh the Indian village of 
MaguaAVga and found the villag[ej intirely evacuated (the 
Indians that resided at maguawga had always express[e]d 
the most extr[e]m[e] friendship for the Americans) we 
open[e]d Several houses and found that all the property 
had been removed, we jii'oceeded on with great care t<.) a 
place known by the name of the Big-Appletree Capt 
McCoUoch and luyself was then together, the Capt alighted 
from his horse; and I proceeded on, the roads forked one 
round the right of an Indian Corntiehl and the other on the 
left. I took the right hand road and was accompanied by 



1 Probably thu Kiver Rouge. — Khitor. 

» Probably the River Aux Ecorces. — EinToit. 



48 TlIK RoliKirr LL'CAS JOUKNAL 

C':i|>t B;iiT;iii wlni was tlu'| ii ] mi W'" Stocktons Ilofse we 
pruceedetl on with i-are and had passed the Cornfield leaving 
the field between us and the river, unfoilunately for Capt 
MeColloeh he took the h-t't liand road round tlii' field he 
was aeeoinj)anied by a Black man waitei' to iiiajnr \ an 
horiie, they was tired upon 1(\ li' or 14 Imlians, as S(»on as 
we heard the re})ort of the guns I exclaini[ ed] that MeCol- 
loch was tiled ujiou and requested the men in fiont to foiin 
a line across to the riv|ejr and to advauc| e | to the place 
where the tire was being about 150 yards in the rear of us 
and between the main body and the river, we don[e] so in 
front and had the rear j)erformeil tlie Same maneuvor we 
might have killeil all the lndian[s |. the rear g[ujard at the 
fire was thrown into Confusion, the liidi[a|ns scalped and 
tom[a|hawked McCollo|c|h I'an across the Cornfield fired 
upon the rear g|u|ard and made t]ie| i |r i-scape witiiout 
])elng huit, we }>i'ough|t | in McColIoch an<l the other mail, 
AlcColloch was shot one liall thi'oiigh hi> liod\ two through 
his breast and one through hi< thigh. I ( 'ai'ried him and 
j)Ut him in a hous^ej, laid him on a plank and Covered 
him with Hark being the best 1 Could do at that time, this 
trausactioj n| took place about an lioui' by Sun in the morn- 
ing, and while we was bringing in the I )ead we was over- 
taken ])y a part ot' the Cavalry fi'om Detroit and Several 
gentlenu^n armed that wished to pass thi'oiiu'ii \i< tlie I'iver 
raisin, we was hei'e int'dniieij by a Ireiichmaii that there was 
a biidy (if three or foui' hundi'eil Indians an<l Some British 
waylaying us at l)rownstow ii. we had been So much accus- 
tom|e|d til the fals[e| Statements of the frencli that we 
paid no attention to the ivport but pi'oceeded on, our De- 



OF TIIK WAK OF isi-i jc) 

t;n'liiii| (■ |iit w.is t'di-nu'd in the lullow iiiu,' (ir(l| c |i' llircr of 
the C';i\;irly in t'ruiit nf cnch C'()lii!ii| ii | of the tVunt- 
g| II |;inl the front (i|n|,'n'il Consisted ol' ahont l'-I men in 
two cohnnl n |s, fi-oni Capf. Uoliinsons KiHe C'oin|)a| n |}' fJie 
right Coniniaii(h'(l li\' I\nslgn !{ol)\- ami ihe h'ft liy a Sei'- 
geaiit of Said C'oni[iany, the (h'tachnient niai'ched in two 
lines or eohinil n |s, as follows, (_'a|it llnpe in front, ( ';i| it 
Ikol)insons, and (Japt Spencers Uitle C'on:pan|ie|s foi-nie(| 
the right C'oluni| a |, ('apt liari'en in front ('apt ('ll|e|r)' 
and C'apt (iilehrean' foi'ined the left rolnni| n |, and Cajit 
l-)oerstlers C'oni])a| n |\' formed the rear gnanh the two (Jol- 
nm[n |s marehe(l whei'e the ground would admit alxiut 100 
yards ajinrt, tln^ mail and the liors|e|men that escorted the 
m.nil was ln'tween the ('olum| n |s, a part of the (.-avalry was in 
th(^ I'ear with the real' g^u |ard,thus formed .Alajor Vanhoi'ue 
rei^uested me to assist liim in (."ommunicating oi'dei's to tlie 
lines which I (^'onsented I would, we marched on in this 
order for four or the mih's, till we a]ij)roach| (^d ] neai' 
Browustown into a delih' through wliicli we had to pass, as 
we ap])i'oached the detile I i-ode along tin- the right colum| n | 
and recjuested of the luen to see that their guus were fresh 
primed assur|ijng them that their Safety depended on on 
their arms and their A^alui' and pointing out tlie pJace told 
them that if ^e met an eiu'my at all that day that it would 
be thei'e, the road here passes thr<.»ugh a narrow parari Sur- 
rounded on the right hy a Mirey Creeck which (_'annot lie 
crossed liut at the one phu'e for Some distan| ve | uj) and on 
the opposite Side Covered with thick l)Ushes, on the left 



1 Tills officer was evidently raptaiu Hubert Gilciirist, wlio was liilled in liie 
battle that followed. — Ehitor. 



50 THE HOHERT I.ICAS JOlltNAL 

flank was a u|u]iub(e]r of small Iiuliaii Cornfields and 
thickets oi Bushes, the Indians hiy in the Bushes on the 
opposite Side of the Creek from us immediately on the 
bank iu our front and right flank and in the Cornfields on 
the left flank, the flank had ti. chise at this plaee in ordjejr 
to Cross the Creek within 40 nr 50 yards of eaeh other, as 
Soon as 1 had Cautioned the riu'lit flank 1 rude iiji iu front 
betwe|e|n the lines to 31aj(>r \'a!diorn[e], in eompajny] 
with \\'"' Stncktun tie- hoiv] ,• |men on the tlanks was just 
entering the Creek and myself Majui' Wmlicii ii| c | and W'" 
Stockton was of a luvast in front betwciMi the liiu-s. and 
liad advanced within i>5 oi' ;5(» yards of the Indians when we 
was lired ujiiui, the first fire appeare(l to be jii-inci])ally 
directed at us that was a hors['e |ba(k. ]\Iy Horse and \\'m 
Stocktons was shot mine wheeh'tl and cave a fierce lunsre 
and pi[t|ched against a horse that iiad his fore leg broke 
and pi|t|clie(I me of|f] in the fall mv gun ilew out of my 
hand I raised and hioked round for mv gun Imt not Seeing 
it, and Seeing the Indians rushing out ot' tlir !')ii>hes in 
front and a heavy fire from them at me on the left 1 ran 
into the ranks of Ca])t Bairens Com})a[n |y without my gun 
and i-cijuested them to form and fire upon the Indians wliich 
they did at the first tire M' Fowler and Sev[ejral other[s] 
was kil| l]ed. the lin^ Soon was gen[e]ral on both Sides, 
and finding oui'seKcs ovei'poweivd and likely to lie Sui'- 
rounde(l the major oi'dcHMJ a retreat, we reti'eated in as 
good order as we possibly could fi-oni our situation, haltine; 
and fii'inix upon the en|i'|my where occation would admit, 
altho[ugh J Some retreated in a Dastardly manner ne\cr 
firing u]ion the en[ e |niy at all. but yet the precipitait retreat 



OF TIIK WAIJ OF isij 51 

answered in a l:;(1(I(1 as it pi-eNciifeil the Indians and I'rltish 
that was (letat'lie(l \\>v that ])iii'|)(ise I'mni ('nt|t |ini;' ii|'||'| 
our retreat — The Indians tnlhiwed ns aluuil three miles, 
we reti'eated t<i tlie l>i\|e|r Sacroix' and i;'nl a ean<i| e | and 
Sent the wininchMl up tu (h'ti'oit li\ watei', in this ael|iii|n 
we hist IT men KiUed antl S(.'\'|ejral \\'iiun(h'd amon^Mhe 
killed were Capt[a]ius MeCuUoeh Ullery (iilehrane and 
B<_)ei'stler whi> was luortall)" wounded and die<l of his wound 
at Detroit, Lieutenant IVntz and Ensi^'u liohy, and Allison 
all xalualile oiHcei's,'- on oui' return to detroit we met a 
strong reint'oi'eement C'oniiinj; to us Imt it was too late to 
render us any ser[v ]iee and they returned and Crossed to 
the Cam}) at Sandwich, there was a luunlier of our men that 
Saved their lives by liiding in the thickets Avhen they were 
closely })ur8u[e]d by the Indians and lay Concealed till 
nig[ht] and then came on. ( )ur escape this day is marvel- 
lous we were attack[ed | 18 miles fi-oin Deti'oit by al)out 
three times our ft.irce, when oui' en[e]my lia<l ex^ery advan- 
tage of the ground and the first tire uj)ou us, from the Ijest 
inf(.>rmation I can get the eneniys loss was nnich greater 
than ours, the heaviest loss was on the rangers, 4 Started a 
hors[e]back to attend the I >etachment, to wit McColloch 
Fowler Stockton and myself, McColloch and Fowler was 
Killed Stockton and myself returned a f(.>ot, both having 
had our Horses Shot under us — 



1 The Kiver Aiix Ecorees. — Editok. 

2 " Anioiif; the killed were Captains William M'Cullouu'li, IJobert Gilchrist, 
Henry Ulery, and Jacob Boerstler; Lieutenant Jacob Fentz, and Surgeons Ed- 
ward Hoby and Andrew Allison." — Lossinij's Pictorial Fiehl-ISook of the War of 
1.S1J, i>. 277, note. See also General Hull's Letter to the Secretary of War, 
AugiLst 7, 1812. — EiuToit. 



5-_' TIIK Uor.EUT M'CAS .lorUNAI. 

[Tlmrsday, Auj;ust the Sixth] 
B"' C(.li)'^ ^rcArtliiir .-iinl Cass Solisitcl (in! Hull f^r liberty 
to take a Di-taciiiiuMit of men and go to Hrowustown to 
iuterr the Dead, that had unfortuuatelv l)eeii Killed the day 
Ijefore but was jiositively refused a Detaeluneiit Sufficient 

[ Kridiiy. Au^'ast the Seventh ] 
7"' this iiinriiiuLr <Tenl Orders issued for the anny to draw 5 
days j)rovision to have three days cooked and |)re])are them- 
sel[v ]es against the next morning to take the field against 
the eii| e ]niy. Majoi' l)en[ n |y was dii'cctfd to stay in the 
fort at (iowi-is with IT)!) Men but liv Solicitation ('apt Cook 
of the 4' K<'gt was allowed to stay with him those tliat was 
to Stay in the fort was the Coiivelessent that was not able 
to take the held, the expected attack was on Maldon every 
Countenance was cheered and their s])ii-its raised with a 
])rospect of having liberty to act in Defence of their 
Counlary. liut to tlic(ijr gi'<'at Supprix- and dissatisfaction 
ill the dusk of the evening the Orders for taking;- the held 
\\as ( 'onipi'imanilcd and the arm\' was ordei'ed to recross 
tilt' Di'tmit Ui\ei' to dctroit after iiiiiht wiiicji was done, or 
at Itast as many as Could be Crossed till da\lii:iit, (aiitl 
from this time will be recorded the Dastardly evacuation of 
Sandwich liy (inl Hull Conti'ars to the Lit'iici-al wish of 
all his troops) 

[ S:itiirday, Aui;u.st the Kightli ] 

8"' this morning the balanc[e] of the army lliat could not 
cross last night was Conveyed over the riv|c|i' and the 
waggens and baggage, and the whole ciirampi-d back of the 
town i4' i>i-troit near the Foil, an<l in the afternoon a 
Detachm[ejut under the Command of Colo Miller Consist- 



OK TlIK WAi; OK ISIJ :,.'{ 

iug of the 4'" I\<;'t mw ('(>iiijia| ii |_\- fnnii I\IcAi'th| u |rs K^t 
uiidcT tlic ('imiiiiaiul <il' ('apt Ldckliart one tVnm Culci i*'iii- 
leys under llic ('(>iniiiaii<l nt' Cajit lirow ii and unc fiMni Cold 
Cass under the Coinniaml d' ('apt Sainh'rsnii and ('apt 
Sloans ti'diip lit' Iloi'se one ( 'tinipa| n |y i'l'uni Deti-nil unih'i' 
the C'oniinand of Cajit Delandri' and two peaces of Small 
(Jrdinanee uudei- the eoniniand of Lieut I^astniau t^'- Dallaby- 
niakiu<i in the whole aliout (■i'>(» men Started to the I'ivei' 
liaison to meet ('apt l>rush and lirini;' in the pro\ isions 
he hatl with him 

[ Suiiil;iy. August the Niiilli ] 

',1' this day was S})ent at I)etro[i |t in moving the encamp- 
ment, and in the evening we he:ir<l of (^'olo Miller having 
had an olistinate liattle with the Indians and British at 
Jfagnawga and had l>eat them Colo McArthurs Rgt was 
ordered to take liotits and Some provision[s] and to imme- 
diately de[ s]cend the IJivj e |r to ]Maguawga to liring up the 
wounded, the Regiment i'e])aired to the boats as (piick as 
j)0ssilile and de[s]cen(led the river it Iteing a very Dark 
and rainy night from Correct information the Com])at at 
Maguawga was an ol)stinate one the Indian Spies tired u]>on 
the advanced g[u]ard of the army in the nmrniiig alxmt tw 
miles fi'om the river Sacroix'^ Killed a Mr White from 
Detroit and wounded a Horseman the army advanced formed 
the line of l^uttle inter[re]d the detid man Sent liack the 
wounded and proceeded ou in line of Battle the line liroke 
in Short oolum[nj Capt Snelling Commtinded the front 



( I 



' C'aiitain Aiitoine IXcjuiiuIir. — Ki>it(ii:. 
2 Lieutenant James Daliba. — KniTou. 
' The River Aux Ecorces. — Ei>it()R. 



54 TlIK KOIJERT LUCAS .lOl'lJNAL 

g[u|anl Ca])t Loi-khait the rear the Militia on the wings 
and tile regular troops in the center — they maroheil in this 
order a few miles past the village of ]\Iaguawga when the 
front (iiianl was iired upon Ity a party of British and 
Indians Captain Snelling maintained his gri'iiud in a most 
gallant manner, under a very heavy rire, uiitill tlie line was 
formed and advanced to the ground he occuj)ied, when the 
whole except the rear g[u]ard was In'ought into action. The 
enemy was formed behind a temporary breast work of logs 
The Indians extending in a thick wood on their left, the 
Colonel Ordered his whole line to advance, and when within 
a small distance of the enemy made a general discharge and 
proceeded witli charged Bayonets, when the whole British 
line and Indians commenced a retreat they was jiursued liy 
our trooj)s ill a most vigorous niaunei' tor a considerable dis- 
tance, the victory was com})lfctc in every jiart nf the line, 
and iSuccess would have been more brilliant had the cavalry 
charged the enemy on the retivat when a most favorable 
oj)pertunity ])resented. It has been stated that Capt Sloan 
refused to charge when ordered tk that he gave up his 
hors[e] to Capt Snelling to make a charge — Majors Mor- 
rison A' \ an liorn|e| Commanded as Majors in the action 
and is stated to ha\ e acted with LTi't-at bravei'v aiild | untir- 
[in]g exertions, (Major .Moi-ii>on had his horse killed under 
him) Capt Bi'owii tfoiii Colo l'"inleys Kegt Comnninded the 
right wing and Cajjt Sanderson from Colo Cass', Kegt the 
left, who both Disting[u]ished themselves, as gallant offi- 
cers, also Ca])tain Delandre' of the Michigan volunteers — 
There was in this action of the 4 U S llgt lu Xoncomd 



' Dequiiuire. — Editor. 



OF TilK WAR OF 181-2 55 

officers and j)i'ivat.es Killed and 4.") wuunded — In the ()iiio 
and Michigan Militia S wei'e killed and l.'i wonnded. TluM'e 
was no officers Kill|ed| liut were wounded, C'apt IJaker of 
the V Uey' Lieut" Lai'aliee and Peters of the 4' lieg't, l*]nsigii 
AVhisth'i' of the ll' Lieut Silly and Lnsign Flisher of of the 
Ohio an<l Miehigan Militia — 

[ Monday, Aui;ust the Teiitli ] 
lO'h Colo McDonald and myself Started from Detroit to 
meet the Detaclimeut under the Comniand of Colo Mc- 
Artih[u]r to assist -with the wounded to Detroit. AVe 
Started with two Com[ianies of Michigan Militia under the 
command of Capt Kuaggs and Oaptaiu Scliley[^], the whole 
Commanded liy Colo Godfrey It rained tivmendionsly from 
the time we left Detroit till we ar[r]i\-ed at the Uiver 
Sacross' where the men was or<lered to Hre of[ f] their guns, 
— Such Confusion I never Saw in men perteuding to be 
under any Subordination. Lideed I would [have] C'onsid- 
ered myself more Safe with a Dozen vt the (Jhio Volunteers, 
and could have made a more formidable defenc[e] in case 
we had been attacked than Could have been dou[e] by the 
whole of those two Companies. We proceeded on undis- 
turbed to the village of Maguawga, wher[e] we Saw a gun 
boat loaded with men assending the river, my advice was to 
leave a Jiarty at that place to Keep them in check and pre- 
vent their landing, and for the ballance to proceed on as 
quick as possible to meet the Detachm[en]t my advice was 
not attended to, the whole marched on in coufusi[o]u till 
within a mile of Colo IMillers Camp when they met a man 
that told them that Colo McArthur had ordered, them to 



' The River Aux Ecorces. — EniTdit. 



:.(') Till-; ki)i;ki;i' i.tcas .ioi'ijnal 

ivtui-u l>;ick to ^I;i<,'ii;i\VLr:i. Tlicy ;ill i-ctunifd ;iiul toiiiid tlie 
British Briu' Hunter layiiiij across tlic cliaiiiiel to interne] )t 
o\ir lioats She firi-d St'vt^ral Shots at us. Colo ^h-Ai-thur, 
on the Siirht of the \<v\\s Stojit the lioats ami laiidi'il 
the woiiiulfd that was alilf to walk. Sent tliciii round from 
thi' riv[i' |r and pushed the lioats u]t to the lower i-nd of the 
villaLTe of Maguawga where they was met liv Some wag- 
gons. (\>]it McArthnr attended to onloading the wounded 
himself he C'airied Several of them out of the boat, himself, 
and had them Secuivly placed in waggons. Several Shots 
was tired at them w liile they was onloading the boats, and 
when the wounded was all jiut into waggons the Colo left 
the boats. an<l .Marched for Detroit with the woundi'(l my 
Brothe|r] and a pai't of his Com])anv was with the coIo 
1 placed myself at their head as the front g[u]ard. 'I"he 
British Continue<l to tire upon us as we marched up the 
I'iver but without effect, we advanced as far as the Kiver 
Sacross' where we expected to be intercejited by a party of 
British and Indians, when we came in Sight we Saw a gun 
boat hiying in the liver opjiosite the Bridge over the Kiver 
Sacross' which we was ol)liged to cross, we advanced on 
e.xpecting e\-ery moment to recei\c a sliow|e]r of grape 
shot fi'om the guns aboard, the gun boat lay to. ;nnl never 
tii'ed as we crossed the tu'idge, which led us to belie\e there 
was a ])arty of Indians waylaying us <»n our Hank, and that 
She was only amusing us, as (piick as I Crossed the Bridge, 
flanked of | f | with my detachm|e|n1 and examined, liut 
found none, 'liie boat tired at the rear as it jiassed, but to 
no elfect, (1 presume she Avas afraid we had artillery with 

' The Kiver Aux Kcoices. — Kditor. 



iiiiur 



OF TIIH WAU Ol-' IS 12 r,7 

us wliich |U'('\ciitf(l licr lli'iii^- u]i<iii dui' I'l'Dut. She iiiii;li1 
li;i\(' (loiic f\ciniti| (> jii liail she k<'])| t | up a fii'c upun us as 
we crdsscil tllr lil'i(li;c, — ) We al'| r|i\<'(l that rscuiu^ Sill'c 
at Dcti'oit witli tlic Wduiidcd 'I'ln' man that turui'd us hack 
at Maguawga, Did it \vitli<iut any oi'dcrs tVoiii Culo McAr- 
thur, And \\as tliei'eliy vrvy neaf thi-nwiui:; all <>uv wounch'd 
into the hands of tlic liritish had \vc liccn (h'taincil one half 
lUgcr, \V(- would ha\<' lost them, as tlieTV was Scv- 
lioats h)ad<'d with lucn coniiiiL;; in Si;:;'ht when w<^ left 
the boats, — never was theri^ a l»ra\'ei' or liettei' heai't<'<l man 
tluiii Colo McArtbur This day the l>ritish Received a 
reiut'orc(^ment of 400 men from down tlie hike 

[ Tufsiliiy. Aiiuust the Eleventh ] 

11 This day Major Denny was ordered to evacuate ;ui<l 
(h-sti'<iy tile fort in Canada opposite Detroit, — (Jovvris bouse 
thtit was in the fort was .also consumed. It w;is Set on tire 
liy Some jK-rson. and M.'ijor Denny extinguished the fire 
liut tifter he Crossed the riv[e]r to Detr(ut, it w;is con- 
sumed. — There a}i[p|e;irs to l»e nothing doing at this place 
todtiy. The British was up opj)isite Detroit, Soon after 
Major Denny crossed the riv[e]i-, Jt is stated that Colo 
Miller is oi'dered hack to Detroit, without ;iccom})lishing 
tlie object for which he started, and for which the lives 
of many vtiluable men have been L>st — ! ! ! My God what 
proceedings — 

[ Wedneschiy. August the Twelfth ] 

12'^ I was this morning at the w[h]arf and Saw a lioat 
De[s]cending the riv| e]r with a white Hag, (at first Sight 1 
thought it was coming uj> the riv[e]r) tind on en<[uiry ! 
w;is informed that it w;is a Hag of truce Sent by (in] Hull to 



58 THE K015ERT LICAS JOUKNAE 

Maldun, — Tlu' flag Soon rfturiied and on tMi([uiring the 
c-aus[e] of its retui-ning So Soon i M-as inforiu[eJd that 
they had int-t Gnl Brork at Sandwifh. and tliat tlic British 
liad t'stablished tht'[ i ]r head (|uai-ter.s there I eu<juired the 
particadar eaus[e] of tlie flag being sent Imt eonhl not 
assertain it Tliis day I met the Contract [ n |r Mi' Iteard in 
the street, and eni|nired nf iiim the state of onr ])r()visions, 
he infiii'nied nie tiiat he liad I'd days j)r(>visii>ns then in 
Store and mentioned to me where he eoukl get a consider- 
able ijuantity of flmir, lie also stated to me that it would be 
necessary fur the army to recross the river aii<l to attack 
Maldon. immediately or else to Capitnlate, as the Hritisii 
was reinforcing and would attack i)etroit[;J they could imt 
otherwise Save tlu^ property at Detroit. I (djserved to him 
that till- army had been j)rc\fiitcil from ^oinu' to Maldon 
when they wished and had been forced across the riv[e]r 
from Canada against their will. 1 did not think that they 
would again cross willingly under the present comniauder, 
that all conlideiicc in him was lost, and I tlmneht if the fort 
must be Surrendered, that the Oiiio volunteers would never 
consent to ])e Surrendered as jirisom-rs of war, mearly to 
suvi; the private projxM-ty at Detrcut, iu' felt much agitated 
at the Idea, 1 found from his conversation that that an 
arrangement of that kind had l.eeii talked of ;ind 1 was led 
to believe that the tlag of truce that hail lie| e |n sent to the' 
biiti-h ill the moniiim' had been Sent for tiiat ]>ur]iose, — 
knowing i\lr Beard to be one of (ieid Hulls contideiitial 
fr| i jends T was convinced from the Substance ot' ids conver- 
.sation, tiuit the Gen! had it then in coutemphition, to Sur- 
rendei' us as prisoneis of war, in case there Should l)e 



OK TIIK WAIJ OF 1812 59 

;iii attack on Detroit hy lln' liritisli, ami iVoiii liis cdiivci-- 
fsatiou it appeared as if he knew what was a jj;((iiiir to 
be (lone ])y the I>i'itisli, and liow we would iiasc to act 
on our pai't, — Colo Mel)oiiald was present during the 
greater part of the eonx'ersatl i |oii — 1 iiifoi'ined Colo Me- 
Ailliui' tile sul)staiiee of the eoiiNersation, and e.\])ressed 
my feai's tliat a Cajiitulation was intended by the (tu' — 
I then wi-ote a letter to Major M'illiani Kendall of Ports- 
mouth ()liio, ;i Co]»y of which is as follows 

Detroit li"" August l.Sli> 
Deal' Si I', 

1 have the mortitieation to announce to you, that on 
the evening of tlie 7"' inst[a]nt while waiting with anxiety 
for liberty to march to Maldon, that the american Army- 
was ordered liy theii- (len' to reeross the river to Detroit, 
and t]ierel>y have l)eeu pi'evented from plucking the hiurels 
that has heretofore been hov(^ring over oui' heads 
Never was there a more Pati'iotie army, never was there an 
army possessing a greater h.>ve of Countary, or a more 
ardent desire to render it important Services, neither was 
there ever an army that had it more completely in their 
power to have accomjilished every object of their Desire 
than the Present, And must now be sunk into Disgrace foi' 
the want of a General at their head — 

Never was there officers more Solicitous, or more united 
than our Patriotic Colonels (and indeed the whole army) 
have been both of the Regulars and ^"olunteers, t(j promote 
the Puldic good neither was there ever men of talents 
as they are so shamefully opposed by an imljesile or Treach- 
erous Commander as tln^}- ha\'e been — he has fre(piently 



0(1 THE ROBERT LUCAS .lorRNAI. 

Called till' tit'ld olHctTs ti) couiu'ill ill which tln'X' iiavf with- 
"iit ail f\cc])tiiiii uiiiti'il ill Sfiitiiiicut, ami have in every 
iustaiiee heeii lieeii o))|instil li\ (iiil Ilull. Would to (xod 
Kitliei- of our Colonels lia<l the coiuiiiaiid,' if the\ had, we 
iniirlit yet wijie <>f ( f J the fold stain, that has lieeu brought 
uj)oii u<. ^\(■ are now reduc-ed to a perilous situation, the 
British are reinforeiuLr. <>ur Conininnifation| s ] with the 
States are cut i'f|fj, our I'ros isions growing short, and 
likely to l)e Sui'rouuded liy hosts nf Savages 

All aj)j)eai-s Dark [at] present, but hope is not lost If 
energy and decision is united with courage we may yet 
extricate ourselves, — 

\\'ith Sentiments of ivsj)ect I am your <)1)ed[i]ent ser- 
vant luiHKKT LrCAS 

Maj^ 

Will Kendall 
This Afternoon Colo Miller returned with lii> detachment 
after undergoing a fateegue of a Severe engagement, and 
being ke{)[t] for Several days without Provisions or Tents 
Some of tlicni hml Indian Scalps lianu'ing to tin- ramrods of 
their muskets as the\' marched in — - 

[ Thursday, Au^'ust tin- ThirKcntli ] 

i;5' The liritish have taken possession of the Bank oppo.site 
Detroit and have commenced erecting a Battery, o})posite 
the town. Lien's .\iiderson and Dallaby- each threw uji a 
Batter\ on our side one in the old Public (iardeii and the 



' The asKumiitioii of tlie coimiKiiul of tlie aiiny by oiu- of the Colonels was sev- 
eral times (liKiiussc'tl, but the decisive step wa.s never taken. — See Adams' Jlistori/ 
of the United States, Vol. V'l, p. :}2(i. — Knrrou. 

• I.ieutenant James Daliba. — Editou. 



OF TlIK WAlt OF l.si'2 (U 

othiT -lust l)i'l(i\v till' town, — Till' I'>i-itisli is Sull'ci-cil to 
work at their lialtcrys undistiii-lx'd and pri'haps will Soon 
C'onnncnci' tiring' upon tlic Town ( W\\\ in (lie nainc of (iod 
arc tlic\ not routed lict'orc they coiniileet their Battery) 
This afternoon Cido Kinley with a 1 )etachni| en |t was 
onh'i'ed to |(i'e|iaiv to inareli on a Detachment up the ri\<'r. 
Thev prepared and waited for orders, a])plication was inadc^ 
and the (iul was found asleep lie coidd not he disturlied, 
tluM'cfoi-e the Detaclniient had to remain in camp till the, 
next daw — he prol)alily liad lieen takini;' a little \\'ine with 
his friends, which threw him into a deeper repose than 
Usual, — ^^'e also this day heard tliat a ])ai'ty of Indians 
from 31a[c|kinaw was coming do[wJu an<l was seen at 
Lake St Claii- 

[ Fririay, Aunust the Fourtcontli ] 

14"' The l?ritish is Suffered to continue theii' work unmo- 
lested, no kind of jtreparatiou is making liy o[u]r army 
a])out the garrison, Lieuts Dallahy' and Anderson, still at 
work at the[i]r l)atter\s. This afternoon C-olo Finley is 
(.mlen-d \\\t\\ a Detacliment to the Sjiring wells, and ahout 
Sunset Colo" 3Ic.\rtliur and Cass is ordered with a Detach- 
ment from their Regiments of 850 men, to march a back 
way to the riv[e]r Raisin to escoi't the |)rovisions that 
had Some time ivniained there C'olo Finla}s Detachment 
returned ti> camji 

[ Saturilay, Aii.mist the Fifteenth ] 

IS"" Every thine- in confusion :is usutil, (tuI Hull h.as a 
Markee Pitclied in the c;im]) South of the Fort of a Singii- 



^ Lieutenant Jaiues Daliba. — Ei>iTi)u. 



62 I'lii'- i:<>iii:iri' i.rcAs .ioi'knai, 

la[r] Structure, never liefore seen in this army — with 
Sundry lve«l .iiid Hhu* Stripes in various ways over the top, 
(I am apjjreheusive that it is intended as Soni[e] Signal, — 
as he ne\er before had a markee in camp since the army lias 
been at Detroit) abo[u|t 1 Uclock Two otHcers ar[r]ived 
from Sandwich with a Hag of truce. AVhile they are consult- 
ing witli (inl Hull the British on the opposite shore is busily 
engaged in removing a house out of the way ot' the I'atteiys, 
and as Soon as they liad tlie hduse compleetely reinn\-ed 
the otHcers returned, no attempt was evei' nuule liy (iid Hull 
to prevent the British I'ompleeting the battery, about '2 
oclock we was informed that the British Summoned the fort 
to Surrende[r] and had stated that tlieii' force was Anqdy 
Sutlicient to justify such a Demand, and it' it did not sur- 
render that the Garrison and Town would l)e massacred by 
the Indians, to this demand an immediate refusal was given. 
The ai'niy was astonished at the insol| e |uce of the l-5riti[s]h 
knowing our force to l)e Su])erior and ])o.ssessiug every atl- 
vantage over them that we could desire were it pid|)erly 
used — about 4 oclock i' vessels hove in Sight l)elow Sand- 
wich point, and theii' battery jdayed upon the town The 
tire was returned and continued without interruption and 
with little effect till Dark the Shells were thrown till 11 
oclock. 2 of which fell within the garrison one of which 
\\ (lunded a man which was the oidy injury dou|e] in the 
fort, — Capt Snelling was Sent down to the spring wells to 
See tlie movements of the liiili-^li vessels, he ascertained 
that they was landing tnio])s and Sent to (inl Hull for some 
peaces of Artillery, the (tuI neglected to Send him any. and 
the British landed the[i |r trooj)s and Some peaces of .\rlil- 



OK TIIK WAR OK LSI J r,;5 

lery unmolested — Wliat ediild li:ive ;i <j;re;ifei' a|ij)ear;viice of 
treach] er |_v in our (inl, than SutVeriuL;' the en|e|niy to erect 
their Battery unnioU'steil, and the rel'iisini!; to grant ('apt 
Snelling Artillery to |>re\cnt theii' laniling their trooj)H. 
Tlie British might easily | have | lieeii prexented from erect- 
ing their batterys and if ('apt Snelling had been furnished 
with artillery when re(piested he woidd have (b'ove the 
British Vessels down the I'ivei', or Shattered them to ])eaces, 
and wduld intirely have j)reveuted the enemy from landing 
the[i]r trooj)s. It a])pears as if (Ado" McArthur and Cass 
had ]»eeu sent a way on pui'pose by (tuI llnll So that he 
might have a fair oppertunity t)f SuiTendering the fort to 
the British, — when the ]>ritish first commenc[e]d firing 
upon the town The fourth Regim[e]nt and the BaUance of 
Colo McArthurs Regt that was not with him, was ordei'ed 
into the fort and placed on the walls, in which |)Osition they 
lay all night, — iniinediately after the fort was Summonj e ]d 
an express was sent to Cido- jMcArth[u]r and Cass inform- 
ing the I m I thereof and ordeiing them to return immediately 
to Detroit 

[Sunday. August, the Sixteeuth] 

lf>"' This morning about daybr[e]ak the British renewed 
the[i]r tire upon the fourt, and it was returned from our 
Battery. The r(.)ai'ing of the cannon was tremendious l)ut 
there was l)ut little injuiy done, one Shot axidentally killed 
a man, in the plain, and two l)y axident ])eing nearly Sjient 
fell within the garris<.)n, one of which killed Ensign Sildy 
and a Soldier from ^Mackinaw and the other killed Lieu' 
Hanks' Doctor Reynolds Surgeon-mate to C(do Cass Rgt 



' Lieutenant, Haucks had heen in conimaud of llackiiuiw wlitn tliat fort was 
captured by the British on July 17, 1812. — Editor. 



64 TllK KoUKKT Ll'CAS JOURNAL 

from Zaiiesville and A\'(tniuled Doctor Blood Surgeon mate 
in the 4"' l' S Kgt The ball tt)ok ot'[f] intirely one of Doc- 
t[o]r Reynolds legs, and the other partjljy of[f] he Died 
in aV)[o|ut a half an hour after, (he was Said to utter the 
f(dlo\ving words about the time he exjiired) "tight on my 
lirave eoinrade. I shall n('v|e|r see Zanesville I die in 
peace" — Peace l)e to his manes — but his comrades was pre- 
vented from fiufhtinof. 1)\- tlieii' (•oiuinander — for the fort 
was Surrendered about 8 oclock. the (Jul C'apitulatj e ]d — at 
the time the (inl raised a Hag of truce on the walls of the 
garrison, the 4"' Ivegt and a small part [of J Colo McAr- 
th| u ]rs was in the fort. Colo Finleys Ugt was posted on the 
Xoith of the plain back of the fort. And Major Denny 
with i^art of Colo? McArthurs and Casses Regts along Some 
Pickets South of the ])laiii. a Part of the .Michigan Militia 
in the uppei- part of the town and a pait in the plain: •_'-'J4 
pounders loaded witli grate shot and Musket V)alls j)laced 
on a Commanding eminence, })[e]low the town, and indeed 
our wlmlc force was placed in a situation that the enemis 
tlank and front must have been ex])osed let them make an 
attack upon what part they would. — KveiT man was wait- 
ing with anxiety the a|)proach of the enemy and expected a 
])roud day for his Countarv. at the Same time Colo* Cass 
and .McArtliur was within a few miles and would have fell 
upon the enemies rear. (altho[ugh | not known to us at that 
time) our a| r |ni\ thus placed. I was on the back wall of tlu^ 
garrison viewing the moveiiu-uts <)f Some Indians that made 
their a](pearance in the plain and was catching som[e] 
horses, and was just de[s|cending the wall with a view of 
ioinintjf colo Finlevs Hank to meet them when I was Called 



OK TIIK WAll OK 1S12 (If) 

to 1)V Sdiiu' of in\ .•ii-i|ii;rni1;inc| cs |, uiid infonncd tli;it, ;i 
white flag liad Irhmi I'aiscd ii|ion tln' wall, 1 was stiuck with 
estonishiii| i']iit and I'ctiirncd to ciKiiiii-c the faiis| c ] I was 
iiifornied that (<nl Hull had mdcrcd our Ooulor.s to be 
struck and that it was opposed by C^olo Miller, Tnit that he 
had Sent out a Hag of truee to the British to eapitulate, and 
had ordei'ed the whole of the troo])s into tlu' <;'ai'rison to 
stack their Anns The i'.ritish at this time was marching' up 
the Detroit river 1>y C'oluinln|s of ]>lato|o|iis twelve men 
ill front and when the head of their coluni| ii | had ar| r|ived 
within aliont .'> hundred yards of our line, when a Single 
Discharge from the •J4 ])ouiid| e |r must have dispersed them, 
orders were received from (thI Hull foi' all to retreat to the 
fort and not to fiiv upon the En[e]m)' one universal hurst 
of indignation was a])]iarent ujioii the receipt of these orders, 
our troops was immediately crowded into the fort, and two 
British otlicers rode up to the (nils marke| e | they remained 
there a short time and retired, — I made iiupiiry of the 
caus| e] and what was done I Soon ascertained that the (in' 
had (_'apitulated and had Surrendered the whole army as 
Prisoners of ^^'ar. In entering into this capitulation the 
(tuI onlv consulted his own feelings, not an officer was con- 
sulted, not one autisijiat(^l a Surrender till they Saw the 
white Hag displayed ujion the walls.' Even the women was 
indignant at the Shameful degradation of the Americ|an] 
character, and all felt as they should have felt ])ut he wht) 
held in his hands the reins of authority our mornings report 
from infoi'mati| on I was ett'ectiv[e] men tit for duty H'tlo, 



' Cf. Kt'iiort of Colonel Lewis Cass to Secretary of War Eustis, September 11), 

ISlL'.— F.IMTOU. 



t)6 Till-: KoHKirr i.rcAs .loruxAi, 

exolusivt' oi oU(t Michigan militia <>u duty, — The whole 
force tit" the enemy both white red and lilack was from the 
best informati[ on I we could gain about IO811. Thcv 'ilu'V 
had I'y plattoons twelve in a jjlattoon of nit-n in I'nifiirni, a 
ininiber of them must have been Canadian militia, — after 
cnijiiiriiiL;- into tin' jiriiici] Jes of the capituhitiuu, I assertained 
tiiai all ilif r. S troojis was to l)e Sent to (.^uebeck, and 
})eing a|>|irehensive that (in) Hull would wi^ll to have me 
Sent with them.' I thouglit it juudt-nt to leave the garrison 
previ(»us to the I»i-itisli taking possession I therefore placed 
my Sword and uniform clothes in my brother [(]Capt J 
Lucas) Trunk threw my musket and raiti-idge box against 
the wall and left the fort. 1 went down in the town of De- 
troit and passed in the capacity of a citizen, anil paid a par- 
ticular attention to the Pi'oceedings.'- The Britisli first 
])laced a peace of Artillery in fiDiit of (inl Hull- 1 >ooi' one 
at each of our IJattery and ])lac('d guards to command the 
defiles round the fort previ[ o |ms to our troo|)s being marched 
out of the fort. 'I'lnMr older of march into the fort wa[s] 
the Regulars and tlioM> in rnif(U-m in fi'ont. tin- Militia 
not in I'liiforni next ;i ('om|ia|n|y with handkerch| ijefs 
round tlitir heads and paintetl like Indians ne.xt and the In- 
dians in the real' Commanded l>y British otiicers Dressed and 
])ainted like Indians. The Indians was not Suffered to go 
into the fort. I Stood at the corner of the street and Saw 
them pass me in this order, with indignant feeling.s. })ut 
when our ti'oops was marched out our Coulors Struck and 
the Uritish Coulors hoisted in their Stead, n:\ feelings was 



• See biUiw, Ajipenilix H. — Kditou. 
' Sie below. Appeiiili.\ li. — Kditou. 



Ol'' 'I'lIK \VA1{ OF isi-j (57 

.aftVrtcd l)fyoii(l exju'cssioii. .M \ (iod \\li<i could heal' llif 
si2;lit without xowiiiL;' fti-i'iial \('ii!j;raiic| i' | ai^'aiiist the pcrjic- 
tratoi's ot' Such Dialiolical acts, and ai^'aiust the Nation 
that wonkl employ such Dctcstaldc Saxau'c allies. 'I'o See 
our C'ouloi's prostitute to See and hear the hi'iuL!; t'roni our 
own l)atterv ;uid the huz/.aws of the ISritish troops the yells 
of the Savages and the Discharge of small ai'ms, as Signals 
of joy over our disgrace was scenes too hoi-rid to meditate 
upon with any other view than to Seek revenge — The In- 
dians after the British had got peaceable possession of the 
fort, gave themselves up to plunder they took and ])ore 
away at will, horses and Such other pi'operty as fell in theii' 
way, they robbed and plund[e]red the tlie hous| e | of M'' 
Atwater the Acting (ioveriuM' and (.'apt Knag[gls the 
Ind[i]an interpreter of every thing they could find, (the 
Capitulation to the contrary notwithstanding) and many 
other attrocious acts, — I Saw Majoi' AMtherall of the Detroit 
^'olunteers Brake his Sword and throw it away and vSev[e]ral 
Soldiers ))roke their muskets rather than Surrender them to 
the British — Soon after the Biitish had taken the foil, and 
made the ari'angements })y placing g[u]ards at various places 
in the town I saw (rnl Hull walking linked arms, with a 
British officer, from the fort to his own hous| e |, Posses[s |- 
ing a more ])leasiug countenanc[eJ than 1 had ever Seen 
him, and appeaivd to l)e veiy pleasingly engaged in con- 
versation with him — While in town 1 liap])ene(l in company 
with a r)ritisli otlicer who was exulting at their con(piest. 1 
could not refi-ain from telling him that the compiest he was 
boasting of they had obtain [e]d through treachery, and 
that in my oj)inion they ^^duld not maintain it long, as we 



ti8 'I'lIK KDlJKUl' l.LCAS .lorUNAL 

ciniM liavf an army nt' lOJKto men theiv in a few months, 
lie aj)|)eared to make light of my observations — after he 
retired I was ailvised l)y an af(iuaiatan[oe] not to s])eak mv 
mind so free as the British was Such a haughtv people and 
1 was ther[e] in their jiower. it might operate against me. 1 
liad previously formed a determination not to go with them 
as a prisoner of war — altho[ugh | I liad ii.-ard it stated that 
the 1"' IJgt and (iid Lucas was to Ite Sent on to (^)uel)eck, 1 
knew they did nut know my person, and lieing informed bv 
Major Denny that his Detachment was to l)e immediately 
Sent on lioard a vessel. 1 thought it desiralde to go aboard 
lest Some of the inhalntants of Detroit Should })etray me. 
I communicated my intention to Some of my confidential 
friends in or|der| that I might not be betrayed about 8 
oclock the l)etachm| en |t went aboard the Maria of Prisipie 
isle — I rei [nested j-jisign r>aii'd to have Capt .1 Lucas 
'rru[n |k taken aboard, lie being abNcnt with Coin .McArthur, 
which he had done I made Some arrang[e]ments in town 
and went to tlie w| h |ai'f, with them. The i'.ritisli (;[u]ard 
that was at the ve.ssel asked me if I was going al)oai-d I told 
them I was, he asked me if I was going to sta\' aboard 1 
answered him also that I was, he then Suffered me to j)ass 
aboard without asking any fuilher ijuestions, — I wental>oard 
and rci juested the l)oys aljoard not to call me by any title and 
told them my reason for making Such i-eipu-st. Sonn after 
I went alioaiil the vessel diupped down the ri\ | e |r about a 
mile and lay too all night Some time that Lvening Colo^ 
.Mc.\i'iluir ;ind Cass retui'ued with theii' Dct.-ichinent-.. and 
was Surrendered as prisoneis ' 

' .Sff 1pi'1i>«. .\]i]ii;ulix I'..— KiiiTcii:. 



OK TIIK WA1{ OK 1812 iV.) 

[Mdiiilay, AuKiisi [[w Siviiilci'iiUi] 

17 tliis in<»riiin_<>: the I>i-i(isli were tirini;- ot'l t' | nurai'iiis iij) at 
tilt' \v| li |art' — we SurrciKlci'cd •_'.'>()(> stand nf small arms he- 
sides wliat was in the inag'a/.inl e |, aliout C.d peaces of ( 'aii- 
non of N'ai'ious Sizes i' Howit/.ei'l s | lit Itarrels of l*owd[e|r 
lOO.ooo Cartridg-es made up 4tHi rounds | of | cartidges foi- 
24 jio| u jndj ei' |s and a givat (piantity of Italls Shells, and 
Caitridges for tlie Smaller (Gannon, tlie [lai'tieular (piautity 
not ])reeiselv known to me we lay to all this day, Colo Me- 
.Vrthur l^aine ai)oai-d ami r<'tui'ned, on Shore he was engaged 
ill making out the rolls of his regiment this evening (Jajit 
Keys and a party of Colo MoArth| ur' |s Ugt ])assed us in 
open lioats thev had Some ])Vovision with them lint left 
none of it with us, — Several British ottie|e|rs wa[s J al)oard 
this day — and 1 was informed that there had ])een Consider- 
alile enipiiiw made for me at Detroit after 1 had left there, 
])>■ the British offie[e |rs, Init could not iind whei-e I was, 
Cajit ,1 Lueas and a number that was out with Colo MeAr- 
thur eanie aboard The vessel was loaded with furs, and 
the Strength of the Skins and the lUlge water was enough 
to Surt'oeate us to Death 

[Tuesday, August the Eighteenth] 

18 Colo McArthur McDonald Puthuff .Alajors Denny and 
Trimble came aboard we I'aised anchor and Drop| pjed 
down the riv|e]r, toward Maldon but the wind lieing 
against us we did not get down till night here we drew 
SoDie pi'ovisi(_)ns for the lii'st [time] after the fort had lieeii 
Surrendered, having lieeii three days without eating any 
thing 1 felt considerab| 1 |y liungary, — The Commandant 
at jVIaklon came al)oard, but I kep[tj tolerably close ))elow 



7(» 'IMIK IKillKKT LUCAS JOURNAL 

while \vt' was luNins: at !Maldon for tVar I Should Ijo 1)e- 
trayed, as I had no great iuL-linatiou to go with Such Detest- 
ahle enemies, as the Hritish to (^)uebeck as a jM'isoner of 
war 

[Wednesday, Augast the Nineteenth] 

Hi' This inoniiiig we Saw a great nuiiil)er of Indians cross- 
ing tlie rivci' towards Ilrownstown. I am fcarfull that tiiey 
are gone in j)Ui-su[i]t of Cajrt Brush, and if they overtake 
him his j)arty must become a Sacratice as the[ i]r number is 
So far Su])erior to his, — (I hoj)e he may make his escaj)e to 
Ohio with his ])rovisious before they overtake him) we lay 
this day at Maldon, our othcers were fretjuently ashoi'e Oon- 
sideraljle in(|uiry was here made where I was, but no one 
informed them 

[Thursday, August the Twentieth] 
20"' we still lay at ^laldon Capt IJiill' is on Sliore making 
Some arrangem[e]nts about liis vessel, Colo McArtli| u |i' 
Sent for him to come aboard he Came and hoisted Sail foi' 
Cleveland in the State of Ohio 

[Friday, August the Twenty-fii'st] 

21' This moi'ning we landed at the Island at Put in bay and 
Cooked Some jirovisions we th[e]re assertained that th| e |re 
was 2.">t» men aboard, not more than half of them could ever 
lay down at a time. There was a British otlicer and a 
g[u]ard of men with us, we again went aboard and Set 
Sail — this night Capt. rutf iiad his l)oat prepai'ed, on Deck 
to get ill in case th[e]re should be a storm he was appre- 
hensive the vessel WdiiM up^ct in case there Should arise a 
gale of wind, as the great part of the men was obliged to 
remain on deck. 



OF TlIK WAR OK 181J 71 

[Sa(unl;iy, August, llu^ 'Pu't'iily-sci'iiiid] 

ooiiii 'I'll,, \vf;illi<T was fine l)ut no wind, we made l>nt poor 
lieadway and oui' ])i'()visions i^rowinn' Scant)' 

|Suiul;iy. Aii.^usl I he Twciil y-lliinl | 

I'o"' The weatliej]"! as yesterday in liie excnini;' we eain(( 
near land at the nioiitli of l>laok Kivje|r, ' Colo McAi'tluir 
and a miinbei' of his men was Set a Sliore, '_'(> oi' "JT miles 
from cleaveland, here I took my Sword ont of tlie trunk an<l 
went a Shore, I never had from the time of the Sui'render 
of Detroit felt intirely inde])endent nntill 1 i^ot my feet on 
land at the mouth of I'laek l{iv[e]r, 1 la\- down ])v a tire 
and I'ested oomfortal)[l |y this night — 

[Jlonday, August the Twenty-fourth] 

24. Those that had landed Started a foot to Cleveland, I 
had no provision, nor nothing to buy witii, I traveled on and 
found the inhabitants extrem[e]ly hos]>itable, I ar| rjived 
at Cleveland in the evening, where I found my eomrad[e]s 
that had went on in the vessle, we loilged at Cleveland that 
night 

[Tuesday, August the Twenty-fit'tli, to Thursday, August the Twenty-seventh] 

25"" This day Colo Cass and Colo Huntington (the former 
Governor of ( Jhio) Started to the City of ^^'ashington with 
dispa[t]ches to [the] governm[en]t rendering an account 
of our Disasterous Campaign, Colo IMcArthur Drew pro- 
visions for the troops to last them to Canton and alk)wed 
each Captain to march his Company as he Saw projier. I 
here got a knapsack, and til[l]ed it with my uniform 
cloth [e]s hat, my J(iurnal, and Such other articles as I did 



'A river emptying into Lake Erie in what is now Lorain County, Oliio. — 
Editor. 



7-J 'I'llK KOUKKI" l.rcAS .lOlKNAL 

not wish to leave and started on a f(K)t witli inv Brother 
C"aj)t J Lucas, he l>eing onwell we did iu>t ar| r|ive at Can- 
ton till the eveninjj; of the li""' where he was treated with 
great hospitality by the (.'iti/.eiis of Canton and also by the 
inhaliitunts on the road from cleaveland to that place 

[Kriilay. Au:,'H>it llic 'rwi'iiiy-cii.'lilh] 

■JN. Colo McAithur .Made out a Provision retui'u foi' his I'eg- 
iineiit and Drew for them money in Lieu of jjrovision, t(» 
bare their e.xpences lioiu|e|. here every man was alloweil 
tile lilifi-ty of returning to his home [by] Sucli i'o\it|('| as 
he tliought j(i-o]»e!'. .Myself ('apt J Lucas and ! 1 otliei- men 
of Capt Lucas tt Capt Ivupes Conqianies Started to (ieorge- 
town' for the jiurpose of des| c jending the Ohio bv wati-| r] 
to our homes — In the afternoon I was overtaken l)y Lieut 
Larwell of the II. S Artillei'y and a .Mr Mason who fnrnislied 
me with a horse, I left my Comjia|n]y and went on to 
George [town] to ]U'ovide crafts, I proceeded on in companv 
with Mr Larwell and .Alason. to an old gentlemj an"s | by 
the name of (iiiswoiild where we Lodged all night, 

[Samnlay, .Aiii;iist the Tweiity-niiilli] 

1*9 I continued on with my (||u|est to new Lislion- and 
Breakfasted here I was invited by Colo Kinny to attend 
with Some gentlemen fi-om X'ii'i-inia and I*enns\l\ania that 
had come on as a Comnuttee of arrangement, to ac(]uire 
information relativ|e| to the Surrender of Cnl ILdls Army 
and the Situation of our frontiei'. I attended and gave them 
Such informat[ iojn as 1 was ])ossessed of relative to the 



' A lowii oil the south hank of the Ohio river ill Ueiiver ("ouiily, IVniisylvaiiia, 
a few miles cast of llie Oliio State line. — Enijoit. 

' Lislxiii, tlie county si at of Columbiana Couiily, Ohio. — Kkitok. 



OF TIIK WAK OK iai2 73 

Disasterous C'anipait^ii. I was at this place treated with 
great attention and politeness and furnished with an (dlegant 
liorse to ride to Georgetown I then pi'(»eeeded on to (ieorge- 
town in company with a } oung Cientlenian by tlie name of 
Jiell, and ar[r|ived at (Jeorgetown in the evening I was 
introdused bj Mr Bell to liis uncle a Mr Christmass Merchant 
at (leoigetown whose Polite attention and hospitality had 
too deep an inipi'ession upon my mind ever to he forgotten. 
Altlio[ngh] we had been meeting troops every day marching 
towards the frontiei- Since we left cleaveland, I met this 
afternoon a Battallion of troops from Washington County 
rennsylva[nia] whose patriotic appearanc[e] exceeded any 
I had Seen on this march. 1 lodged this night with Mr 
Christmass 

[Sunday, Auaust Ihf Tliirtifl.li] 

oO'h Ab(Kit 12 Ocloclv Capt J Lucas and the party with him 
ai'[r]ived, we was all invited to dine with M'' Christmass 
and M'' Bevers, who assisted us in procuring Crafts we ])ur- 
chased a Sciff and in the evening Started down the < )hio 
and de[s]cended about two miles we found that our Sciff 
would not carry us all, and jnirchased a second one, and 
divided our Compa[n]y 

[Monday, August the Thirty-first, to Friday, September tlie Fourth] 

31 We Started down the Ohio, and rowed day and night by 
turns till we landed at Portsmouth which was on friday the 
4"' of Septemb[e]r about 10 oclock A. M. being not (|uite 
four days and a half from Georgetown to Portsmo[u]th we 
found our friends general [l]y well except JM'" Lucas who 
had been in a liad state of health for ;i long time, — 1 was 
happy to hnd on my return that the Disasters at Deti'oit 



74 TIIK Kor.KRT LUfAS JorUNAL 

liad kindelt'd an unextiuguisbable flame of Patriotism in the 
breasts of my neighbors, I do hope that the Disasterous 
Surrender of Detroit may terminate in Public good. It 
has kindeletl an unexampekHl flame of Patiiotism in tlie 
western countaiy. and it may perhaps l)e a useful! Caution 
to our (iovernm[en]t who they entrust Mith th[e] Com- 
mand of their armies — for my part I am determint-d if life 
is spared, nev[e]r to desert till I have Satisfaction, for the 
insults giv|<]ii u-; Ijy ou[r] Detestable Enemy the British 

and tlu'l i |i- savage allies 

liobert Lucas 

Portsmouth Ohio i"" Sept[embejr 161-2 Safe ar[r]ived <fcc 



-^£^-^^U<^ -^^ >i^ ^^«H 'pt*^<i*^^^' 




Append 



ices 



APPENDIX A 

[Tliu followiiis is fniru tlio origitial letter which w;is foumi among tlic Lucas 
letters and papers. — Eihtok.] 

Dayton May 0"' 

1812 
Ca}>U Ruiip — 
Sir — = 

You will mareh your Detacliineut to Greenville for the 
protection of the frontier. — You will advise the Inhabitants not to 
quit their Farms — hut to associate & builj Block Houses — as I liave 
ordered Lieut. McCorniick with a Party of Rangers to Greenville — 
to range in that neighborhood- — they will be protected — You are 
not to molest any friendly Indians — but assure them of the Friend- 
ship of the United States. Indians committing Hostilities — you will 
repel take destroy — unless Indians commit Hostilities, you will 
return on Wednesday next. 

Gen. Lu(Ms will accompany you — to whose advice I recommend 
your attention 

R J Meigs, 

Gov — Ohio 



APPENDIX B 

[ The following is from a copy of the letter, transcribed and signed in the 
handwriting of Robert Lucas and found in the collection of Luca-s letters and 
papers. — Editor.] 

Portsmouth Ohio lO'h October 1812 
Sir 

having escaped the general wreck of the Xorthwestern army, 
and ar[r]ived at my usual place of residence, I Conceive it my duty 
to make a Candid Statement to you of the Causes which attached me 
to that army and the means by which I maile my escape after it Sur- 
rendered on the 10"> of August last. Sir im the 18' ['i] of April last 
(7 [V] days after I had accepted the ajipointment of Ca])t in tlie U S 
Infantry and previous to my receiving any orders from my Superior 
officers in the U. S Army,) I Received Orders from the E.\ecutive of 
this State, through Major General McArllijuJr, to transmit witliout 
dilay from my Brigade my quota of 1200 militia required from this 
State to march immediately to Detroit. The emmergency of the 
call made it necessary for me to attend to my official duties as a 
Brigadier Gen' in the ]\liliti:i ami I exerted my intluciu-[f] to fiirnisli 
the quota required of Volunteers agreeably to the act of Congress of 
the 6"> of February 1812 and succeeded. So that on the Gth of May 
I had 4 Compani[e]s of Volunteers engaged under the j)rovisions of 
the aforesaid act and one compa[n]y of riflemen engaged for Six 
month[s), rendezvous at Oavton fivim inv Biigado. which I li.ul 
organized agreeably to the laws of this Act ['i] in one Battallion 
under the command of Major James Denny, having thus discharged 
my official duties as a Brigadier Gen! and made my return to the 
Major Gn' of Division, I was requesteil by his Excellency Governor 
Meigs, on the It'h of May to take a Com]iaiiy of men and re]iair to 
grcenvill[e], to ascertain the movements and ilisjujsition of the Indians 
about that place, (they having jireviously commit[t]ed some depreda- 
tions) I accordi[njgly went, complied with my in-structions returned 



AI'l'KXDIX r. 79 

and made rt'|iiprt. tn liis cxccllciicy, at, wliidi lime hi^i c.xct'lIcMcy in- 
fornu'd luf tliat. it was necessary to Send :ui fX|)rcss lln-(>uu;li to 
detroit, incvidiis to the army marcliiiii^ and ri'(|ucst('(l iik? to under- 
take tlie jciinney, to wliicdi rei|U('st. 1 readily ('miseiited, on Condition 
that he \voul<i olitain [lerinissicin Ifdin the I )e|iart in| en |t (d' war (as I 
Lad ])reviously aeee})led of an aii|ioinlni|en [t in tlie U S Army I 
thought it nei-[ejss:iry tliat iiermission shinild lie obtained previous to 
my leavi[n]!j; the State) to wliich he re|)lied that he eotdd not. dis- 
]iens[e] with my serviee|s| and tliat lie wiuild wi'ile to the I)e|.art- 
meiit of war, on the Siibjeet wliicli I jiresnnie in' did an<l assured me 
that 1 Shouhl neither loos rank nor emolument by attending t-o his 
request, tlat[t]ered witli these assurances I undertook the journey, 
and on tlie 25"i of May in ('omiia[n]y witli W"i l)en|n|y (>( tin- vol- 
unteers, I started from l)ay[ton| for Detroit, with Directions from 
Gov Me[i]gs, and Gid Hull, to pass by the way of Dellaw[areJ 
Upper and Lower Sanduskys, then by the Kajiids of the Miami of 
the lake, the river llaisin, and thrijugh Brownstown to Detroit, I 
went as Direet[ed] and on the 3r>i of June ar[r]ived to Detroit, Des- 
eharg[inu'] my duty agreeable to the instruetions, ami on tlie 21 of 
June returned met the army in the wilderness, on the head waters of 
Miainy, between forts M'Arth[u]r and fort Finley, and reported to 
the Gnl. I returned with the army to detroit, and crossed with it to 
Canada, — while in Canada on the 2ii"d of July I received orders from 
Colo 31iller of Ohio to repair to Chillicothe for the purpose of rei^eiv- 
ing mon[ejy [V] and instructions to command the recruiting service 
(they being the first orders I had received on that Subject) imtnedi- 
ately on the receipt of the orders 1 ]irepared to return to the Stat[e| 
of Ohio, and on informing Gid Hull thereof, he requested to See the 
orders I sliew him, and after perusing them he Said that he coidd 
not spare me from the army, ami that he would take all the responsi- 
bility uiion himself in ordering me to remain, untill further orders, 
and that he would account to Colo Miller, and tin' Department of 
war for my not returning to the State of Ohio. I considered myself 
bound to oliey Gnl Hulls orders, and remained with his army, untill 



80 TllK K015KRT lAXAS JOURNAL 

it was Disjjrai-ofully (a/nl ptrlntps treacheroitsly) surrendered to the 
Hritisli forces at Detroit wliere I witnessed a Scene more easily felt 
than Descriljed, where I Saw a brave army of patriots possessing 
every ajiparant advantage over their eiijcjmy and thursting for Lib- 
erty to ])luck the laurels from the brows, of their detestable enimies; 
Surrendered by their Gnl, {contrary/ to the reiiwUsI immatjlinitloii) to 
an inferior force of an inferior Quality, without their being allowed 
tlu' lil)erty of tiring a gun in their own Defense — I Cannot meditate 
on the Surrender of uiir Army without fecli[n]g a glow of indig- 
nation, therefor[ej I will leave the Subject and j)rocee<l to inform you 
how I made my esca]>c after the Surrender — 

After the Capitulation was Signed and their troops ordered into 
the garrison to Stack their arms, and ]ircviou8 to the british taking 
possession of tlie garrison I learnt front the Capitulation the army 
was Surrendered as j)risone[r]s of war and was given to underslaml 
that the United States troojjs was destined for Quebeek. Altho[ugii] 
I had not been regularly attached to the army I was appreliensiv[e] 
that (iiil Hull would return me as an off[i]cer in the U. S. Army, 
and hearing it mentioned by some, that the 4"> U. S Kegt and 
(Gn! Lucas) they making use of my name as Such) was destined for 
Quebeek, — I thought it advisable to mak[ej my esca])e, — I th[ejre- 
fore left the garrison aiKl went into the town previous to the british 
forces marching in, the British not knowing my person, and my 
being equip[p]ed in an inferior dress, I Saw them march by me into 
the garrison, I remained in town as a Citizen paying j>articular 
attention to the ])roceedings untill about 3 oclock P. M. when a 
Detachment of Volunteers under the Comm[a]nd of Major .lames 
Denny was onlered a board of a vessel, I fell in witli llicm. and went 
a lioanl in the Ca])acity of a Volunteer, and made my escape as Such, 
nt)twitiistlan]ding the great inquiry made for me by the British otti- 
cers after I had went aboard — 

Now Sir il is a Doubt witli Som[e] wlictlier I Can (■oni[i'| witliin 
the powers [VJ of the capitulati[o]n, as I never was regularly attached 
to the armv. nor mv name ever known on record in the armv as an 



AI'PKNDIX 15 SI 

officer, lU'itlit'r was I ever in tlicii' ixisscssidii ol' the I'.i'itish as Siirli — ■ 
liavinji fiinilli'il myself :ls ;i Vdiiintrcr in the llcst iiisl.ance to eiieoiir- 
[a]ge others, my iiani|e] still eoiiliiuied on the roll as sueii in (!a|)t 
John Lticass Com])a|ii|y, a ('o|iy of whieh the IJritish lias in ])osse,s- 
sion, it lieinu: the only way thev can possililv have my iiani|e|, wit.li- 
out it lias lieen returntil Ijy (inl Hull, otherwise, from these eirenm- 
staiic[osJ I Can hardly Consider myself a ]irisoner of war, — and liave 
siu[ce] my retu[rn] received instruetioii from Colo Miller to Coiii- 
man[d] the recruiting Servi[ee] at this place whieh instruction 1 am 
atteiidiug to at present, — 

Sir if I have erred in any of the al)ov[eJ ]iroceedin<j;|s] I lio]i(' yoti 
will do me the just[ie]e to Considered it an error of the mind, and 
not of intent[io]n, intirely irrown out of an ardi'iit zeal for the inter- 
est <d" my eotmtary — Whether I am eiititlecl to merit, or demerit, 
either as an officer or a soldier for my conduct during the Said Cani- 
pa[i]gn I leave for my associate[sJ in arms to determin[e] and recom- 
mend yon particularly to the account Gnl McArth[n]r may give you 
of the manner in which I was employed and how I discharged my 
duty in my Sev[e]ral Stations I was emjdoyed in, as lie is well know- 
ing the greater part of my conduct during the Said Camj)aign — 

Sir, will you be So good as to drop me a line, to inform me 
whether you approve or disapprove of my Conduct, also whether you 
Consider me under the restricti[o]n <if a prisoner of war, or not, 
I have the honor to be with high Consideration your 
Very obent Sert 
Honl Wm Eustis Robert Lucas Capt 

Secret[ar]y of the Departm[enjt U. S. Infantry 



Al'l'KNDIX C 

[The following is from a copy of the original, transcribed and signed in the 
handwriting of Robert Lucas and found in the collection of Lucas letters and 
papers. — Eihtor.] 

Portsmouth Ohio Novcmlier 4'h 1812 

M- Fo STICK 

Sir 

I :ukiu)\vledu;c tlic r('c('i]it of your letter of the 30"' 
ul' and liasteii with pleasure to give you Such information, as I uni 
jiossessed of, relative to the disasterous camjiaign under Gnl Hull. 

I e.xtremely regret that it is not in my )>ower to furnish you with 
a Correct C'opy of the Original Speaehes (leliver[ed] to the difTerent 
Nations of tlie Indi.ms while on ex|iress to Detroit as the co|iv I 
reserved was handed to a gentleman at Detroit who nev[e]r re- 
t[u]rn[e]d it But Sir, I will give you as correct information of all 
transactions during my tour to Detroit as I am ])ossessed of — 

(In the 25«> of May 181'.', I waited on (inl Hull at Dayton to 
receive Such instructions as he tlmuglit jprojier to cwnimunicate to 
me, previous to my dejiarture to Detroit, at wiiit-li time he delivered 
me a Packet, addressed to ^U Varnum, U. S. factor at Lower San- 
dusky one Directed to Ruebcn Atwater Acting Governor at Detroit, 
and a letter Direeled to Cdln Anderson at the river I'aison. also 
a letter Directed to the Acting Governor at Detroit, also Sundary 
Co]>ies of an address to the Several nations of Indians through which 
I was to ]iass, — The Gn! then informed me that he thought the 
joiirnev I w:is aliout to Mniii-rtake a hazardous one, and mv Safe 
ar[r]ival of great iTn]Hirt:ince, he then delivered to ine Such verbal 
instructions as he thought necessary for me to attend to, stating, 
that written instructions was unnecessary and might o]iperate as an 
im]iedimetit to the expedition in case They Should be inierci pled. — 

I was instructed to ]pass by the town of l)ellaw|ar|e by the I'p]ier 
and Lower Sandusky^ by the foot of the rapids of the ]\liami of the 



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lake, t>y tlic scttlnncnt dm tlic Kivcr l{:iisin to Ddruil, iIk'htc to 
return ami iiicct the army, and to adviso the irihahitaiits mi the 
frontiers, not to (iiiit tlu'ir luiiiics, Imt. in case <>( any hostile appear- 
ance (if tlie Indians to assenilile and Imild block houses, and if 
attacked, to ilefend themselves to tiie last extremity; iintill the 
army ai'lrlived, or untill men Should lie Sent to their rideaf. I was 
also instructed to request the inhaliitants at. tiu' loot of the rapids of 
the Miami of the lake, tlio^e at the river Kaison, and at detroit, to 
assist in opening a Koad from Detroit to meet, the army, and was 
Authorized to State to the iidia,liilant|s] at i^ower Sandusky that a 
Det.aclunent of men would lie immediately Sent, on to that place, to 
erect a Block hous[e] and !j;|u|ard the Pulilic Store — I was also 
requested liy Gnl Hull to call at the different Indian villaties as I 
jiassed through and to read and have interprcti'd to them his address 
— (which was in substance as follows. 

It was Dated Head quartt'rs on the Korthern frontier Dayton 
May ti3r<i 1S\\1 — 

Addressed to the chiefs Sachems and warriors of the 
Wiandots Dellawar[e]s Miamis Ottawas Pottawattonii[e]s C'hippa- 
was and Such of the Shawances as reside in the St.ate of Ohio or 
Territory of Michigan — (addressing them in the usual stile of 
addressing Indians) stating that he long had lived amonngst [them], 
that he long had smoked the pipe of peae[ej and friendshiji with 
them, that their ears had been open to his couneell and their conduct 
had proven that they respected his advice. He informed them that 
their Great father that jiresided at the great couneell tire of the 
nation had <leemed it necessary to send a num[e|rous army to the 
northern frontier, that in one hand he carried the olive branch <if 
Peace, and in the other the Sword, and that those of them that 
accepted the one Should enjoy protection jieace and hap[p]iness, and 
those that prefer[r]ed the other Should experience all the jjunish- 
m[e]nt his jiowerfuU hand couhl inflict, and t,o his Command the 
President had entrusted the army with authority to adopt such 
measures with the ch[i]efs of the[ijr Several nations as in his opinion 



84 Till-: KOliEUT LUCAS JuUlINAL 

iniyhl best Secure the peace and Safety of tlie inhabitants on the 
frontiers — 

He then informed lluni tliat the present was a most imjiortant 
crisis. That cvervthinii dear to them was tlien at stake, and if any 
considerations Should induce tlieir nations to commit acts of hostil- 
ity, they would forfc[i]t all their lands all their annuities, and that 
they would forfe[i]t indeed their very existence amongst; us and on 
the other hand llial tliose of them who was disposed to adher[e] to 
the existing treaties and live in peace and friendship with their while 
brethr[e]n. Should enjoy their lands in peace Should receive their 
annuities and enjoy all the blessings a bountifull countary could 
bestow, and concluded with assuring them of the sinsere desire of 
liie white ]ieople ever to live in peace and friendshij) with tlu'|i]r 
Ked Brethren— A:. C. 

After Receiving the above instructions I left the army on the 
eveni[n]g of the 'J')"' of May 1812 in company with William Den[n]y, 
and ar[r]ive(i at Dellaware on the ■JT"' we ther[e] furnished ourselves 
with pnivisions, ami procee[d]ed on to Sandusky, we ar[r]ived at 
Negro Town u|)per Sandusky on the morning of the ii'J'.'> and had all 
the chiefs of the Wyandots tiiat was about home called together, and 
read and explaineil tinl Hulls address to them, To which I added 
that tlicrc Would be a j)artv of men through tiieir village in a short 
time on their way to Lower Sandusky to g[u]ard the jiublic Stores, 
and advised them not to be alai'med but to attend to their ordinary 
callings, and they would be [protected] by the white ])eo])le, So long 
as th[e]y remained jieaceable, assuring tluiii tliat it was not the dis- 
position of our governin[en]t ever to go to war with any nation 
of People that did not first intrude upon us. 

They after consulting for a short t[i]me answered that they was 
thankful! to me for the trouble I had taken to inform them of the 
the intention of their father (Gnl Hull,) and assured me that it was 
their full determinat[io]n to strictly adher[e] to the treaty of Green- 
ville. They also stated that they had been much a]arme(l at the 
movements of the while people, in Collecting an army on tlieir 



APrENDIX C 85 

luirders, also tliat, t.hev was at a loss to know, what, was tlic causlc) 
of the white ]ieople leavinj^ their homes on the fioiitier and asseinl>- 
ling together to build block houses. They also i'n(|uin'il with 
apparent anxiety when the men would be lliroiii;li that place on 
their way to lower Sauduskv, alliMlging as the caus[e] of their 
inquiry, that tliev wished to know, when Ihcv would be along So 
that their Scpiaws and children might not be alarnuMl. I oliserved in 
answ[e]r to which that the white people on the Ironlicr had been 
alarmed in consequence of Some late munlers, having lieen c(un- 
raitted near L(.)wer Sandusky, bv Some Indians; and that the uieu 
that was Shortly expected on to U)wer Sandusky g[u]arding the pub- 
lic Store was going on in consequence of those murders, for the jiur- 
pose to protect the settelment [and] iidiabita[nts] tliere from further 
depredation, and that I could not inform them tlu' partii-ular time, 
but that it would be in the course of a week or two — They appeared 
all well Satisfied, and We took our leave of them, and proceeded on 
to Lower Sandusky and ar[r]ived at Mr Varnums in the evening of 
the Same day and deliv[e]red my dispa[t]ches to him, in which was 
inclosed a copy of the address as above Stated — On the 30'h Mr Var- 
num Called the Wiandots, and Munsies to councell (The Ottoways 
having previously moved away) he read and had interpreted the 
same ad[d]ress as above stated. The Wyandots appeared pleased and 
expressed a Similar Sentiment, to that of the[i]r nati[o]n at Upper 
Sandusky, (the Munsies retired without giving any Answer, and on 
the Same evening moved of[f] towards Maldon — The Indians have 
appeared to be planting no corn, and the Wyandots talked of moving 
to Upper Sandusky; to be witli their principal chief — The Ottowas 
had moved of[f] for Some time and encamped on the River Huron 
opposite Maldon, The Settelm[e]nts at Lower Sandusky apjieared to 
be almost intirely Deserted, both by the white People and Indians,, 
31^We proceeded on to the foot of the rapids of the Miami of the 
lake, through a tremendious Swaniji, we ar[r]ived in the evening, at 
the Settelm[e]nt, and found a party of the militia on duty under the 
Command of Lut Bond,: This place was in a Defenceless Situation, 



so THE ROBERT LUCAS JOURNAL 

and intiroly exiiosed to tho mercy of the Savages, — on the 1' June we 
jiroci'i'di'il on to the riv[(>]r liaison. 1 ilclivercd the letter I was 
entrusted with to t'olo Anderson, I infurnicd liini nf tlie Situati[o]n 
and StrrMLTtii of tiie army, .-uid the request of (inl. Hull that they 
should assist in ojieninii '^ road, to meet the army, (at this [dace there 
was a ("om]ianv of militia on dutv under the command of Captain 
Lecroix, They was in a Had State of defence and Considerably 
alarmed j"'' I jiroceeded on to IJrownstown hut for want of an 
interjiriter I could imt explain (Jul Hulls address to tiie Indians at 
that jilace. 1 jiroceeded on to Maiiuaira, and st()|i[|>]ed at the house 
of George Blue-Jacket son to the old chief of that name, he heinij an 
english Scholar I Shew him Gnl Hulls address, he a])]>eared to he 
pleased with the contents and treated me with Considerable friendslii]). 
I then })roceeded on to Detroit and ar[r]ived about 5 oclock P. M. I 
delivered my dispatches to Mr Atwater the acting Governor, and was 
Treated with a great deal of hospitality by him, and all the officers in 
the U. S. army that was llier[e] at delrdit. 1 remained at Detmit 14 
days (luring which time 1 attended Several councells with ditlerent 
Nations of the Indians. The Acting Governor on the recei]>t of Gnl 
Hulls letter. Sent for the dift'erent nations near that place to attend 
the councell. They all readily attended but the Ottowas, and I\Iunn- 
ces tho[ugli] on a second invitation the Ottawas atteniled. he read 
and explained (inl. Hulls address to ihem Some of the Chippawas, 
Ottowas and Pottowattom[ie]s apjieared to be Satisfied, — an ottowa 
chief in behalf of those three nations, (of the name of Tontoggas — 
or Dog) Stated in his S])eecli that their fathers at the treaty of Green- 
ville had agreed to bury the hatchet th;it they had Drove il into the 
ground so deep that it was never to rise up again, and at the Same 
treaty they had agreed, to liind tlieir arms together by a Silver chain 
of friendship that was never to be broke, and he then declared in 
beh.alf of the Chi]ipa\va[s] ()tlawa[s] and l*ottijwattom[ie]s that that 
chain Should never lie bniken even if a tree should fall across it, — 
he then produced a speech that had been deliv[e]red to him by 
M'' Jefferson at the City of Washington, — st,ating that he had 



AIM'KNDIX (J 87 

engilE^ptl with tlu'[i]r <^ri'at latluT ever (,o rcniMiii in pcaro ami I rioiul- 
shijj willi him — he tht'ii apohjgiscd for tlicir lcavi[ii|^- tiicii- towns 
and iH'Lili'ctint:; to plant corn, alU'uiiii;' thai thry caiiic to the riviT 
liuron, to he nis^h thi'ir lather- So that they eoiihl lie Sii|>]ilieil uilli 
Sueh things as they wa.iil('(l, staliiiL;' that Ihev would retui'ti to Iheii- 
town auain in the tall — There was a Chiiipawa chief l>y the name 
(Moceons[":'] or little IJare) attended in L;reat stile, three diiVerent 
(lays to delivt'r a speeeh in behalf <d' his nation (as he said) he was 
waited on eaeh dav hy the jVetint;' (Tovernor, IJiit he tinally ri^tired 
without Saying' anythint;, or yivini; any e,\|da[nat ionj of his eon- 
duet — 

Walk in-the water, Adam Urown and Seyeral other chiefs of the 
Wiandots from Ilrownstown and Mamiaw^a, also attended aconneell 
Walk iti-the water jirodiised a writ[t]en siieeeh, in which he charLjed 
the aniericaiis of improper entert'erenees, in attempting to prevent, 
their yoiing men from crossing to Mahhin. and witii the Indians the 
last fall on the Wabash, stating that the trouble the white ]ieople 
had met with on the wabash they had brought u]Hin themselves, that 
it was the fault of the white j)eople and not tiie Indians and with 
respect to crossing Detroit River — he Stated that they was their own 
masters and would go where they pleased, independent of the ameri- 
cans, — and many other expressions of a similar nature. 

Mr Atwat[e]r then asked him if his speech contained the senti- 
ments of his nation generally about Brownstown and maguawga, he 
Walk in-the water answered that it did, he then stated to him the 
inconsistency of his conduct that he had came to him in the s]iring 
and asked lilierty for two of his young men to go to a friendly coun- 
cell on the wawbash and requ[e]sted Some assistance, that he had 
granted the liberty «& wrote to the .agent at fort Wayne to furnish 
them with a cano[e]. And that when they ar[r]ived at Fort Wayne 
the agent assertained that they had been send witli a message from 
the British ag[e]nt (C'ido Elliot) to the Indians on the Wabash, and 
that ill consequen[ce] of which, the agent at Fort Wayne had refused 
to furnish them with a caiio[e] and had wrote to iiim on the subject 



88 THE KOBEKT LUCAS JoUKNAL 

(wliich littiT lie rt'.-ul) That lie had ]irumise(l to inform hiiu, when the 
younjj men returiiiMl, ami the result of the[i]r eouncell. And that 
thty had returned, and had gone to the British at Maldon. This 
kind of eonduct said Mr Atwater is unsufferable We cannot be 
deceived. If you respect your British fathe[r] Elliot better than me, 
why do you not go to him, you come to me and ]»rofes8 to be 
my friend, you th[e]ii go to the British and ]irofess to be their 
friends, you Cannot be both our friends, — If the Americans and 
British Differ, what is that to you; you have nothing to do with our 
(jiiarrels, you live amonng us, and if you were disjiosed to live in 
peace with us, you would not interfere in our disputes, but attend to 
your own business, to plant your corn and take care of your women 
and children tfec 

\Va[l]k-in the water appeared Considerably affected at the reproof 
of Mr Atwater — And addressed him as follows, Father altho[ugh] 
you have reproved me for what I liavc Said, there is one thing that 
I will inform you, off — that is — I have Ijccn informed that Several 
of tlu! Shawanees, that live on the Miami and Scioto, have engaged 
as Spies for the army that is Coming on here, and that when I heard ~ 
it I Sent Several of my young men on to keep before them — The 
ConnccU then bmke u]> without his giving anv Explaualion of his 
conduct ajiparently not well SatisKcd — 

For what purjiose their young men was Sent to keep before our 
Spies, I could then only infer one of two things, that was I Supjtosed 
them either Sent, to waylay our Spi[e]s for the jmrpose of cut[t]ing 
them of[f], or to have frccpient communication witli them, to ascer- 
ta[i]n the Situation of our army, (Time has d[i]s[s]tdved the mistery, at 
the time of this Councell, at Detroit there was no indians bad joined 
our army as Spies. It a])pears obvious that there was an agreement 
between the I'.ritish and those In<lians and that they had been sent 
by the British British to Spi[e] for our army, and that their yo[u]ng 
[men] that Walk in the water had Sent to keep before them was Sent 
for the j)urpose, of receiving from these s])ies Such information, 
relative to the army as they wished. This ojiinion is proviii by two 



AI'PKNDIX C 89 

Circumstances, one is that, Several of thos[e] Indians that Sjiied for 
our Army joined the Britisli as Soon as they ar[r]rived at Detroit, 
the other is that I was informcvl ahout the time I left detroit to meet 
the army, — liy a frenchniiui (wlio Said he had i;ot his information 
from an Indian) Where our army was a few days hcfore, and 
Described the particular order of march, whicli on meeting the army 
I found to he correct — 

on the I'J'ii Jun[e] Previ(i[u]s ti) my leav[i]ng dctr(i(i]t, I rec[cive]d 
by Capt Welch of Dellawa[rc] a lett(e]r from (iid Hull nf which the 

following is an exact Copy 

Stanton 4'" Jun[e] 181'J 
Sir 

Sin[ee] you left this I have changed the r(iul[e] — The army will 
proceed by Urbanna and strike the Miami at the foot of the rai)id[s] 
It will therefore be imjiro]i[e]r for you to return by the Auglaize 
as you will not meet the army on that rout[e] 

I am very respectfully 
Your most obed[i]ent 

servant 

General Lucas , ,,,,, ., 

signed — — W ^1 Hull 

on the It"' of June in compa[n]y with Cajit Welch and two gentle- 
men from Detroit I des[ce]nded the Detroit Riv[e]r, to within a short 
distance of fort Mald[e]n So that with a glass I viewed the Situation 
of the garrison, at this tim[e] there was but 100 liritish trooi)S in the 
garrison, but while I was in sigh[t] the queen Sharlet ar[r]ived witli 
Gnl Brock .aboard and a reinforcement of 100 troops. The garrison 
was gre.atly out of Repa[i]r the back and lowe[r] [V] walls appeared to 
be partly down; — my intenti[o]n was to land and take a particular 
view of the garrison but was advised not, by the gentlem[e]n with 
me, as the British had been inform[e]d of my being .at detroit, — they 
apprehended th.at I would be Suspected if I landed, — I returned on 
the Same evening to detroit, — 

While at Detroit I had m.ade particular inquiry into the the local 
situation of the Territory of Michigan, and upper Canada, I fouixl 
the inhabitants of Michigan to be princip.ally a set of ignorant French 



90 THE UOBEKT lA't'AS .loritNAL 

Canadians, attached to no [larticuhir I'oliiical priiicijial, apijureutly 
more of the Disposition of Indians than white jieople, And that there 
was a Considerable Spirit of disafiFection among them, That two of 
their ea|)t[ai]n[s] liad been arrested and Broke [?] for advising the 
men to cross to Canada and not to Suffer themselves to be Drafted, 
and that there had been a considerable mut[i]ny among them that 
liad been called out, upon the wliole I found that no certain cal- 
culation could l)e made u]ic>n the mililia of .Mi<liigan with resi)ect 
to defenc[e], — I Saw tlial Detroit lay intirely at the mercy of the 
British and Indians, in case they should unite against it and I had 
every reason to bel[i]eve from the general movements of the Indians 
in liiat quarter (notwithstanding their jirofessed friendship) tliat tht'y 
was intirely under tlie influence of the British, and was only waiting 
their signal to strike the Blow unless they Should l)e restrained by 
fear, at the news of our a]>proacliing army. I was fearfull that in 
the event of a Declaration of war previcius to tlie ar[r]ival of our 
army at iletroit which I ihouglit probable that that post would be 
imnu'diately attacked l)y the British and Indians. I therefore on the 
lo'h j)roposed to the Acting Governor, and tlie off[i]cers at Detroit, 
to Invite the princij)al chiefs of the Several nations of Indians, about 
that jihice, to acconijianv nie to the arinv, I thouLrht if 1 could get 
them with me tliat it might answer the good purpose first that it 
would Secure Detroit from an attack by tlie Indians while their 
ch[i]efs were absent, Second that it would take tiie chiefs out of the 
way of British influence (and it was generally expected that the army 
would be attacked before it ar[r]ived at Detroit, and Considering its 
Safe ar[r]ival of iniiiortanc[e], I thought in the tliird i)lac[e] that the 
chiefs being with the army, would Considerably lessen the force of 
our en[e]niy in case we Should be attacked, as those of their nation 
would not lie likely to attack an army, while their chiefs was in their 
j)Ower — 

In this j)roposition I was joined by a numl)[e]r and M^ Knaggs 
the interpreter, gave it as his opinion that the cli[i]efs could be 
easily influenced to accompany me, in case he would go with them. 



APPENDIX B 91 

Mf Atwator the aeting gov pvomisod to givo mo an answer on 
the Subject, tlie next day, I accordingly waited on him on the Ititu, 
he then informed me that he wan convinced of the titilily of my 
j)roposition Imt Ihat, it was out of his power at- that time to send tiu! 
chiefs witli me to the army, as they could not go without tiie inter- 
preter (Mr Knaggs) accomi>aiiying them, and under the th[e]n exist- 
ing circumstances, he could not he spared from Detroit. I readily 
acquies[c]ed, took my leave of him and jjroceeded on to meet tlie 
ar[m]y, — as 1 crossed the river Huron I saw 15 cano[e]s loaded with 
Ottawa Indians in compa[n]y with their chief (Tontoggaa — or Dog) 
on their way to Maldon (this was the chief that had at a previ[o]us 
councell ])rofessed Such friendship) — I ar[r]ived at the river Raison 
on the evening of the lO'.h found the Situation of the place much as 
I had left it on my way to Detroit, Ijut C'onsiderahle exertion using, 
in opening a road for the ar[m]y, on the morning of the 18'h in com- 
pa[n]y with M'' Denny C.aj)t Welch and M^ Tho? Knaggs (Brother to 
the interpreter at Detroit) I started to meet the army — (at this time 
I was informed by Mr Godfray who passed Maiden the day before 
that Genl Brock had returned down the lake on the IG'h,) and met 
on our way between the River Raisin and the foot of the rapids a 
numb[e]r of Indians moving from Solomons Town on Stony creek 
and Round heads town on Scioto with about 40 Horses loaded with 
packs Squaws and children. The men tell us that they was a moving 
to Detroit, (They settled at Brownsto[w]n aiul afterwards crossed to 
Maldon) we ar[r]ived in the afternoon at the foot of the rapids, — The 
company of men that was doing duty as I passed out had been dis- 
missed l)y Some means, the ]>articular caus[e] of which I was not 
informed — we was here informed that there was a war party of Pot- 
towattom[ie]s out in the quarter we was a going — and requested to 
be on our g[u]ard here we laid in provisi[o]n to last us through the 
wilderness, and proceeded on the next morning 10' and struck our 
course through the black Swamps, and ar[r]ived at Round heads 
town on the Scioto in the afternoon of the 21J we we found the 
town intirely evacuated, and the houses locked up, we proceeded on 
the Same evening to Solomons town on Stony creek where we struck 



92 THE ROHEKT LUCAS JOURNAL 

the road the army ha<l passed on, (from the fool of the rapids to 
Solomons Town we Saw nobody but was surrounded one night by 
Indians, we heard tlicm yell in the woods, and Saw their trail next 
morning, we used precaut[io]n and left our tires in the night, which 
they ])roba[b]ly was apprised of, and moved of[f] without interrupt- 
ing us) — the 2'J"'' we overtook the army, I rejiorted to the Gonl 
deliver[e]d Such dis])a[t]ches as I was entrust[e]d with, and made 
a report, to him of all the )iroceedings during my absence, stated my 
opinion relative to disposition of the Indians and particularly] the 
speech of Walk in the water the Wiandot ch[i]ef at Maguawga to 
which he replied. That he could not think it possible, that Walk in 
the water was such :i ji.uticiilar friend nf his. That he was Such an 
enli[gh]tened Indian, and So inwcli intcrcsteil in our ca\is[e] that he 
could not think it possible that he would be opjioscd to us, — I made 
Sev[e]ral Similar Statements which I found he paid little attention 
to, Tho[ugh] he very ])olitely thanked me for my attention while 
absent, and expressed his intire ap]>robation of my conduct, and 
exi)ressed a wish that I should return with the army, and invited me 
to become a member of his family, — being much fateegued I re- 
quested liberty to retire to Colo M'Arth[u]rs Kgt for a few days, 
during which lime I observed that the Gn] was (piite inibi'cile and 
that he paid more attention to jiarade than action, which did not cor- 
respond with my inclination, I therefore declined accepting the Gnls 
offer to becom[e] a member of his family, and attached myself to the 
Spies, witli whom I continued untill the :innv was Surrcnd[c]rcd at 
Detroit, — 

Sir, these are the particulars of my ex])edition as express to 
detroit, if they will be of any Service to you, toward comjileting a 
narrative (if the Disaslerous campaign under (In! Hull you arc wel- 
come to miike Such use of them as you may see j)roper, I also Send 
you, my dayly journal of the camjiaign, if it will be of any service 
to you, you can take such extracts therefrom as you may be deemed 
necessary — With resj)ect I am your 

very Humble Servant 
M" Jamks FoKTicR — RoiiicuT Lucas 



An Index 



I N D 1'] X 



Adams (a brig), iii;i;fil uji at. Potroit, 41 

Administration, management of War 
of 1812 by, iii, iv 

Allison, Andrew, killed in engagement 
under Van Home, .'il 

Ambush, -warning of, 48; on Mirey 
Creek, 40 

Amherstburgh, reference to, (note) 12 

Anderson, Colonel, dispatches for, 7, 
82; dispatches delivered to, 10, 80 

Anderson, Lieutenant, battery erected 
by, (iO, 01 

Annals of lown, sketch of Kobert Lucas 
in. vii 

Arnold, Tlios., Lieutenant of a rifle 
company, 2 

Atwater, Reuben, dispatches for, 7, 82; 
dispatches delivered to, 11; house of, 
plundered by Indians, 07; council 
held by, 80, 87, 88; Lucas makes pro- 
posal to, 00; answer of, 01 

Auglaize Kiver, references to, 14. 10, 89 

Aux Canards River, expedition to, 30; 
skirmishing at the bridge over, 31; 
exploration of, 41 

Aux Ecorces River, references to, 20, 
47, 51, f)3, f)5, 50 

Babie, Colonel Francis, anny camped 
on farm of, 28; stock captured from, 
20 

Baird, Ensign, reference to, 43, 68. 

Baker, Captain, wounded, 5.') 

Barber, Joseph, ensign of volunteer com- 
pany, 2 

Barran, Captain, reference to, 48 

Barren, Captain, reference to, 31, 40, 50 

Battle of the Fallen Timbers, (note) 
17 

Bawbie, (see Babie) 

Beard, Mr., Lucas accompanied to De- 
troit by, 10; Lucas lodges at hou.se 
of, 11; Lucas descends Detroit River 
with, 12; Lucas talks with, 58 



Bell, Mr., reference to, 73 
Berry, Mr., looks for fording place, 17 
Heveis, Mr., reference to, 73 
Big-Appletree, engagement at, 47 
Big Rock, Lucas repairs to, 10; refer- 
ence to, 20 
Black River, troops land at, 71 
Black .Swamp, Lucas encamps in, 14; 
Ilidl's army .avoids, LS; referetice to, 
01. 
Blanchard's Fork, references to, 14, 10 
Blood, Doctor, wounding of, 04 
Blue Jacket, George, Lucas reads ad- 
dress to, 11, 8(i 
Boerstler, Captain, reference to, 40, 51 
Bond, Lieutenant, militia under com- 
mand of, 85 
Bonty, Captain, helps Indians to way- 
lay Americans, 43 
British, influence of, over Indians, 0, 
00; report of, crossing of, from Mai- 
den, 10; capture of Hull's baggage 
by, 10, 22; commander of, referred 
to, 42; reenforcements received by, 
57; headquarters established at Sand- 
wich by, 58; attack on Detroit by, 
50; bank opposite Detroit in posses- 
ion of, 00; work on battery by, un- 
molested, 01; surrender of Detroit 
demanded by, 02; troops landed at 
Spring well by, 02; troops of, march- 
ing up river, 05; order of march of 
army of, CO; Fort Detroit taken pos- 
session of by, 00 
Brock. General, arrival of, at Maiden, 

12, 80; return of, 13, 01; flag of 
truce met by, 58 

Brown, Adam, council attended by, 87 
Brown, Captain, goes to Maiden with 

flag of truce, 34; references to, 53, 

54 
Brownstown, Lucas pa,sses through, 10, 

13. 70, 80; references to, 18, 10, 20, 



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26, 45, o2, 70, IH; ambush at, 48, 41); 
Indians from, 87 

Brush, Caplain, coming of, with reen- 
forcemiiiits and provisions, 4r>; de- 
tachment to join, 4ti; expedition to 
meet, i'lS; danger of capture of, 70 

liuckhannor, Mr., cart of, used in car- 
rying provisions, 2 

Hursler, Captain, company of, 31 

Butler, Mr., l,ucas lodges with, 9 

Camp Necessity, Lucas arrives at, 15; 
reference to, 15 

Canada, conquest of, iii; Hull's proc- 
lamation to inhabitants of, iii; Hull 
taken to, a-s prisoner of war, vii; sit- 
uation of I'pper, 12; inhabitants of, 
24, 28; men cro.ssing from, 47; mili- 
tia of, titi; army of Hull crosses to, 
70; men cro.s.sing to, '.(0 

Canadians, Michigan Territory inhabi- 
ted principally by, 90 

Canar or Canard Kiver, (see Aux Can- 
ards Hiver) 

Canton, Ohio, troops start for, 71; 
troops arrive at, 72 

Capitulation, talk of, 58, 59; by Gen- 
eral Hull, 04; principles of, titi, 80 

Carran or Carron Kiver, (.see Carrying 
J{iver) 

Carrying Kiver, crossed by Lucas, 9; 
army encamps at, 16 

Ca&s, Colonel Lewis, Colonel in Hull's 
army, vii, (not«) 3; report of Hull 
campaign by, to Secretary of War, 
vii, (note) 05; expedition of, to 
Kiver Kaisin, viii, til; trip of, to 
Maiden, 22; return of, from Maiden, 
25; first to cross Detroit Hiver, 28; 
expedition of, to Uiver Aux Canards, 
30; Hero of To-ron-tee, (note) 30; 
evacuation of bridge oppo.sed by, 35; 
information of surrender sent to, 03; 
surrender of, as pri.soner, OS; <lepart- 
ure of, for Washington with di.s- 
patclies, 71; references to, 6, 0, 10, 
17, 24, 32, 34, 39, 40, 45, 52, 53, 03, 
04. 

Chesapeake, attack upon, v 



Chicago, Jacob B. Varnuiu the United 
Stales Factor at, 7 

Chillicothe, Ohio, troops encamp at, 2; 
references to, 16, 41, 79; Lucas pre- 
pares to return to, 45; express from. 
45 

Chippcway Indians, councils with, 12, 
24, 8ti; addre.ss to, 83; chief of, 87 

Christmas, Mr., reference to, 73 

Cleveland, Ohio, references to, viii, 73; 
vessel sails for, 70; arrival at, 71 

Cochran, James, cro.sses Detroit Kiver, 
28; behaviour of, in skirmish at the 
bridge over Aux Canards Kiver, 37 

Cook, Captain, left at Uowris, 52 

Court-martial, of General William Hull, 
iv; of Captain Kupe, 35 

Crane, Wyandot chief, remonstrates 
with General Hull, 25 

Crawford, Colonel, burned by Indians, 
8 

Crawford, battle ground of Colonel, 8 

Cunningham, Captain, refuses to cross 
Detroit Kiver, 27; reference to com- 
pany of, 38 

Dallaby, (see Daliba) 

Daliba, Lieutenant James, artillery in 
command of, 24, 53; battery erected 
by, 00, 61 

Darby Creek, Lucas pa.sse.s, on way to 
Detroit, 7 

Dayton, Ohio, rendezvous of troops at, 
vi; arrival of Lucas at, 2; letter dated 
at, 77, 83; Lucas leaves, 79; refer- 
ences to, 3, 5, 82 

Delandri, (see Decjuindre) 

Delaware Indians, blockhouse of, 4; 
address to, 83 

Delaware, Ohio, Lucas passes through, 
7, 8, 79, 82, 84; reference to, 89 

Dell, Caplain, Commandant at Fort Mc- 
Arlhur, 15 

Deijuindre, Captain Antoine, refer- 
ences to, 53, 54 

Denny, Major James, chosen Major of 
volunteers, 3; propo.sal to detach part 
of battalion of, 0; Lucas writes to, 9; 
takes detachment to bridge, 42; be- 



INDEX 



97 



trayal of, by Captain Ucmly, 4."?; re- 
treat of, to Turkey Creek briilfje, 41; 
troops commeiuleii by, 44; onlereil to 
stay at (iowris, ri2; Fort (lowris 
evacuateil by, ">7; position of, at time 
of surrender, til; delai-lnnent of. to 
be sent aboard vessel, ilH, 81); refer- 
ences to, ()!), 78 

Denny, William, Lucas accompanied 
by, 7, 7!1, 84, !tl; horse of, j;ives out, 
10; references to, 13, 4'2 

Detroit, maneuvres from, in Hull eani- 
paign, iii; surrender of, to liritisli 
by General Hull, iv; e.xpress to, •">, C, 
Lucas arrives at, 11. 8l!; Hull's army 
arrives at. "_'■_'; militia of, "it!; army 
encamped on commons at, li"; army 
encamps opjiosite, 2S; army recrosses 
the river to, 52; troops arrive at, 67; 
attack on, feared, ."jS; British battery 
tires upon, (j'2; surrender of, (J4, 05; 
Cass and McArthur ordered to return 
to, 03; volunteers of, 07; effect of sur- 
render of, 74; orders to march to, 78; 
expedition of Lucas to, 7'.l; references 
to, viii, 1, 7, 111, 12, 13, 211. 22, 24, 25, 
20, 37, 41, 48, 51, 52, 63, 55, 50, 57, 
59, 02, 08, 71, 73, 80, 82, 83, 88, 89, 
90, 91 

Detroit River, Lucas descends, 12, 89; 
map of, 23; Hull's army crosses, 27, 
28; retreat of army across, 52; In- 
dians cress, 87 

Deserters, French, coming in from Mai- 
den, 30 

Dog, speech of, 80; on his way to Mai- 
den, 91 

Dunlap, Colonel, arrives from Chilli- 
cothe, 10 

Eastman, Lieutenant, artillery com- 
manded by, 34, 53 

Elliot, Mathew, Indians commanded 
by, 32; me.ssage of, to Indians, 87, 88 

F^rie, Lake, Ohio volunteers cross, vi 

Eustis, Hon. William, letter from Lucas 
to, 78 

Fallen Timbers, battle of, 17 

Findlay, James, Colonel of volunteer 



regiment, 3; expedition of, (o bridge, 
35; orders received by, 01; expedition 
of, to Si)ringwell, 01; position of, at 
surrender, 01; references to, 10, (?iote) 
40, 53, 51, Ot 

Kindlay, oliio, reference to, (note) Hi 

l'"lislier, luisign, wounded, 55 

Fcisti'r, James, li'tter of Robert Lucas 
to, 82 

F'ort Detroit, Hull's markei! pitched 
near, 01; .surrender of, demanded 
ti2; shells from battery reach, 02; fir- 
ing upon, 03; surrender of, 04 

F'ort F'indlay, references to, 10, 79 

F'ort F'inley, (.see F'ort I'indlay) 

F'ort McArthur, Lucas arrives at, 15; 
reference to, 79 

Fort Wayne, agent at, 87 

Fowler, FAlward, references to, 40, 47; 
death of, in battle under Van Home, 
,50, 51 

F'owler. IL, reference to, 42 

F'rankfort, Ohio, reference to, (note) 2 

Fremont, Ohio, references to, (note) 7 

F'ryatt, Captain, in command of a vol- 
unteer company, 3; reference to, 38 

Gabriel, Captain, Lucas stops at house 
of, 7 

Garden, public, battery erected in, 00 

tieorgelown, Pennsylvania, return of 
troops through, 72, 73 

Gilchrane, (see Gilchrist) 

Gilchrean, (see Gilchrist) 

Gilchrist, Captain Robert, references 
to, 49, 51 

Girty, Simon, associated with Elliot 
and McICee, (note) 32 

Godfr.ay, Mr., Lucas stops at house of, 
13, Lucas receives news by, 91 

Godfrey, Colonel, Michigan Militia 
commanded by, 65 

Gowris, fort built at, 45; detachment 
left at, 62; evacuation and btirning 
of, 57 

(ireenville, news from, of murder by 
Indians, 3; expedition of Robert 
Lucas to, 3, 4, 77, 78 

Greenville, treaty of, 8, 84, Sti 



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Griswould, Mr., Lucas lodges at house 
of, 72 

Grosse Isle, Rritish and Indians at, 19 

Ilancks, Lieutenant, death of, (i.'J; Mack- 
inaw in command of, (note) 63 

Harrison, William Henry, reference 
to, 26 

Jlemky, Willy, Lucas accompanied by, 
8 

Herti, Samuel, watch by, C; conduct of, 
in battle ai bridge, 31 

Hermky, (see Ileraky) 

Hickman, ('aptain and Mrs., Lucas 
dines with, 11 

Hog Island, hunting on, 12; army 
crosses river at fool of, 28 

Hull campaign, purpose of, iii; service 
of IJobert Lucas in, iv; report of, by 
Colonel Cass, vii 

Hull, General William, campaign un- 
der, iii; proclamation of, to inhabi- 
tants of Canada, iii, 28; blamed for 
failure of campaign, iv; taken to Can- 
ada as prisoner of war, vii; arrival of, 
at Dayton, 6; Lucius receives instruc- 
tions from, 6, 7, 79, 82; comnumd of 
anny transferred to, 7; address of, to 
Indians, 8, 10, 82, 83, 84, 80; son-in- 
law of, 11; letter to Lucas from, 12, 
89; Lucas makes report to, 15, 29, 
79, 92; Lucas refuses invitation of, 
15; baggage of, captured, 19, 22; Lu- 
cas receives orders from, 20, 25, 29; 
mistake made by, 21; markee of, 22, 
01; Cass sent by, to Maiden, 24; offer 
of command of Spies by, to Lucas, 
20; crossing of river postponed by, 
27; headquarters of, 29; assistance 
sent by, 34; detachment to meet 
BriLsh refused by, 45; detachment to 
meet Bnusli sent by, 40; retreat of, 
from Canada ordered by, 52; detach- 
ment to bury dead at Hrownstown re- 
fused by, 52; flag of truce sent by, 
57; capitulation contemplated by, 58, 
59; hints of treachery of, 59, 63, 80; 
officers opposed by, 00; found asleep, 
61; demand for surrender refused by, 



02; request for artillci^ neglected 
by, 62; no attempt made by, to mo- 
lest Rritish batteries, 02; Detroitsur- 
rendered by, 04, 05; retreat into fort 
ordered by, 65; disposition of LuciUS 
by, 66, 80; conversation of, with 
Rritish officer, ti7; opening of road 
requested by, 86; references to, (note) 
3. 9, 11, 18. 19, 25, 28, 39, 41, 45, 46, 
52, 66, 79, 81, 92 

Hunter, British brig, troops fired on 
by, 56 

Huntington, Colonel, departure of, for 
Wiushington with dispatches, 71 

Huron Uiver, Indian encampnient on, 
10; Indians seen on, 91; references 
to, 13, 18, 20 

Indians, murder of, near Greenville, 3, 
4; heanl near camp, 0; addresses to, 
7. 8, 10, 82, 8;J, 84; attack upon Craw- 
ford by, 8; deserting Lower Sandusky, 
9; encampment of, on Huron Kiver, 
10; councils with, 12, 21, 85, 86; on 
the way to Detroit, 13; traces of, near 
camp, 14; at Wayne's Rattle, 17; at 
Maiden, 18; repairing their houses, 
19; warning against, 19, 20; alarms 
of, 24, 29, 41; Rritish soldier scalped 
by, 30; Major Denny attacked by, 43; 
trail of, seen, 47; Major Van Home 
attacked by, 48, 50; detachment way- 
laid by, 54, CO; at Lake St. Clair, 
(il; massacre threatened by, at Fort 
Detroit, 62; at surrender of Fort De- 
troit, 64, 00; plunder by, after sur- 
render of Fort Detroit, 07; depreda- 
tions of, near Greenville, 78 

Iowa, Governor of Territory of, iv; 
State Historical Society of, vii 

Jefferson, President, ser\'iccs of volun- 
unteercomiiany tendered to, v; speech 
of, to Indians. 80 

Journal, The liobert Lucas, de.scription 
of, iv; contents of, vi; use made of, 
vii; record of, viii; editing of, viii; 
references to, 71, 92 

Kendall, William, Lucas writes to, 15; 
letter of Lucas to, 59 



INDEX 



9 9 



Kenton, Oliio, reference to, (note) 15 
Keys, Captain, reference to, Ui) 
Keyser, Captain, in couiiiuiml of a vol- 
unteer company, 3 
Kickapoo Indians, at Kivcr Raisin, 2'>; 

camp of, 2(i 
Kinney, Colonel, Lucas breakfasts witli, 

72 
Knagss, Captain, asked in company 
witli Lucas to attempt capture of Te- 
cumseh, 45; Michigan militia com- 
manded by, 55; liouse of, pliuulered 
by Indians, (i7 
Knaggs, Mr., presence of, reiiuested in 
the camp, 25; opinion of, HO; can not 
be spared from camp, HI 
Knaggs, Thos. , Lucas joined by, 13, '.U; 

brothers of, (note) 13 
Lafarge, John, crosses Detroit River, 28 
Lake Erie, Ohio volunteers cross, vi 
Lake St. Clair, Indians seen at, (Jl 
Larabee, Lieutenant, wounded, 55 
Larwell, Lieutenant, Lucas overtaken 

by, 72 
La Trenc River, (see La Trenche) 
La Trenche River, expedition to, 30, 35 
Lecroix, Captain, militia under com- 
mand of, 80 
Leopard, Chesapeake attacked by, v 
Little Hear, .speech of, 87 
Lisbon, reference to, (note) 72 
Lloyd, Dr. Frederick, sketch of Robert 

Lucas by, vii 
Lockhart, Captain, in battle at Ma- 

gu.awga, 53. 54 
Louisiana Territory, anticipated re- 

f \isal of Spain to surrender, v 
Lucas, Captain John, company of, vi, 
1, 3, 0, 15, 28, 37, 38, 50, 00, 72; de- 
tachment under command of, 44; 
trunk of, GO, 08; comes aboard ves.sel, 
00; sickness of, 72; Robert Lucas en- 
rcilleil in company of, 81 
Lucas, Robert, .service of, in Hull cam- 
paign, iv; journal kept by, iv, viii; 
migration of, to Ohio, v; early mili- 
tary record of, v; enlistment of, in vol- 
unteer company ,vi ; return of to Ports- 



mouth, vi; religious poems rcciinlcd 
by, vii; campaign of, for (iovcniDr, 
vii; position of, at outbreak of War of 
1812, (note) 1; letters and pai>ers of, 
viii, 77, 78, 82; letters of, to William 
Ken<lall, 50; to William Kusl is, Secre- 
tary of War, 78; to James Foster, 82 
Lucas, Mrs., ill health of, 73 
Lucas, William, troops assembled at, 

honu^ of, 1 
McArthur, Colonel Duncan, orders is- 
sued to Robert Lucas by, v, 40, 78; 
chosen Colonel of volunteer regiment, 
3; regiment of, 5, 15, 20, 27, 00, 02; 
Lucas lodges with, 15; takes com- 
mand of camp, 25; expedition of, to 
River La Trenche, 30, 35; arrival of 
detachment of, 37; horse of, wounded, 
30; acts as commandant, 41; asks to 
take detachment to i-e.scue Brush, 45; 
asks for detachiuent to go to Browns- 
town, 52; orders of, 55; care of 
wounded by, 50; Lucas' opinion of, 
57; detachment to River Raisin un- 
der command of, 01; news of surren- 
der sent to, 03; surrender of, as pris- 
oner of war, 08; landing of, at Black 
River, 71; provisions for troops 
drawn by, 71; money drawn fur 
troops by, 72; Lucas refers Secretary 
of War to, 81; references to, 27, 37, 
38, 30, 40, 52, 53, 57, 50, 03, 04, 08, 
09, 70, 02 

McCormick, Lieutenant, party of rang- 
ers in conunand of, ordered to Green- 
ville, 77 

McCuU, Montgomery, reference to, 40 

McCullough, Captain, rangers under, 
31; goes down toward M.alden, 34; 
references to, 30, 41, 42; Indian 
scalped by, 44; starts for River Raisin, 
40; in engagement at Big-Appletree, 
47; death of, 48, 51 

McDonald, Colonel, references to, 30, 
55, 50 

McDougal, Richard. Ensign of vol- 
unteer company, 2; crosses Detroit 
River, 28 



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McGill, conduct of, during skirmish, 30 

McKee, Andrew, with tlie Indians at 
the Aux Canards Kiver, 32 

Mackinaw, vessel taken at, 44; surren- 
der of, (note) 44, 4S, (note) ti3; In- 
dians coming from, til ; soldiers from, 
killed, (!3 

Madison, President, spares life of Gen- 
eral Hull, iv 

Mad Kiver, reference to, 15 

Magrige, Captain, stock captured from, 
2!) 

Maguawga, Lucas passes through, 10, 
13, 4", 8(1; battle at, 53-57; Indians 
from, 87, 02 

Maiden, Lucas views, 12, 80; Brock 
leaves, 13; Tecumseh at, 18; refer- 
ences to, 10, 20, 28, 20, 30, 31, 34, 
35, 42, 45, 50; Cass sent to, 24; return 
of Cass fronj, 25; Indians going to, 
26, 85, 87, 91; deserters coming from, 
30; search for back way to, 41; the 
Prophet arrives at, 42; attack on, ex- 
pected, 52; flag of truce sent to, 57; 
attack on, discussed, 58; vessel stops 
at, 00, 70; garrison at, out of repair, 
80 

Mansfield, Captain, references to, 3t>, 37 

Map of Detroit Kiver, 23 

Map of Ohio, opposite iii 

Markee, conference in General Hull's, 
22; General Hull's, pitclied south of 
fort, 01; consultation with British 
at, 05 

Maria of Presque Isle, detachment 
boards, (!8 

M.ison, Mr., Lucas overtaken by, 72 

May, Mr., Lucas stays at house of, 26 

Meigs, Governor K. J., in command of 
the Ohio Militia, 3; report of Kobert 
Lucas to, 5; references to, 0, 9, 79; 
transfers command of army to Gen- 
eral Hull, 7; letter of, to David Kupe, 
77; ordei-s from, 78 

Mellon, Mr., wounded in skirmi.sli, 38 

Miami Indians, blockhouse of, 4; de- 
sert Lower Sandusky, 9; address to, 
83 



Miami of the Lake, Luca-s arrives at, 
10; Indians on, 10, 88; Lucas en- 
camps on, 14; headwatere of, 70 
Michigan, Territory of. General Hull 
(Jovernor of, iii, 0; Lewis Cass Gov- 
ernor of, 5; Reuben Atwater Acting 
Governor of, 7; inhabitanLs of, 11, 
80; situation of, 12; militia of, 64, 
.55, 04, 00, 00 
Michillimachinack, veivsel taken at, 44; 
surrender of, (note) 44, 45, (note) 
03; Indians coming from, 01; soldiers 
from, killed, (i3 
Miller, ColonelJames, Colonel in Hull's 
army, (note) 3; expedition of, to 
Kiver Aux Canards, 30, 32; Lucas 
receives orders from, 41, 70, 81; de- 
tachment under, starts for Kiver 
Kaisin, 52; engagement of, with In- 
dians at Maguawga, 53-55; ordered 
back to Detroit, 57; return of, with 
detachment, 60; surrender of Detroit 
opposed by, 05 
Mirey Creek, reference to, 40 
Moccons, speech of, 87 
Mohawk Indians, council with, 24 
Murri.son, Major, bravery of, 54 
Muddy Creek, exploration of, 4 
Mun.sey Indian.s, blockhouse of, 4; coun- 
cil with, 9, 85; council not attended 
by, 80 
Munson, Major, wounded, 27 
Murphy, Dennis, Lieutenant of a vol- 
unteer coiupany. 2; reference to, 44 
Napoleon, Loui.siana purchased of, v 
Negrotown, Indian council at, 8, 84 
New Lisbon, Lucas passes through, 72 
Northwestern Army, commanded by 
General William Hull, 0; wreck of, 78 
Ohio, map of, opposite iii; march of 
Hull's army across, iii; Kobert Lucas 
Governor of, iv; migration of Kobert 
Lucas to, v; return of troops across, vi 
Ohio Militia, promotion uf Kobert Lu- 
cas in, v; Duncan McArlhur an otlicer 
in, v; references to, (note) 3, 55; 
casualties in, 55; surrender of, dis- 
cu-ssed, 58 



INDEX 



101 



Ohio Kiver, trip down, 7^^ 

Oldtown, encampment of troops at, 2 

Ottowa Indians, desert Lower Sandusky, 

9, 85; councils with, ]2, 24, Sti; on 

their way to Maiden, 13; drunk, I'.i; 

address to, 83; seen on Huron River, 

91 

Parisli, .Idlui ('., editor of Hubert Lucas 

Journal, i; intro<luction by, iii 
I'entz, Lieutenant, killed in ent^anement 

under Van Home, M 
Pe Pee, encampment of troo)is at, 1; 

creek and township of, (note) 1 
Peters, Lieutenant, wounded, OS 
Pike County, reference to, (note) 1 
Pinney, Captain, company of, 0; troops 

in command of, 38, 42 
Portsmouth, troops march from, 1; re- 
turn to, vi, 73, 74; letter dated from, 
78, 82 
Port Vincennes; regiment of regulars 

from, (note) 3 
Pottawattamie Indians, councils with, 
12, 24, Sfi; war party of, 14, 91; ad- 
dress to, 83 
Powei's, Avery, accompanies detach- 
ment to bridge, 42; death of, 43; 
burial of, 44 
Preskial, (see Presque Isle) 
Presque Isle, battle ground at, 17 
Proclamation, by General Hull to in- 
habitants of Canada, iii, 28 
Prophet, the, arrives at Maiden, 42 
Puthuff, Adjutant, references to, 37, 09 
Put-in-Bay, vessel lands at, 70 
Pyatt, Mr., Lucas calls at house of, 8 
Qtiebec, United States troops to be sent 

to, m, 08, 70, 80 
Queen Charlotte, arrives at Maiden, 12, 
89; coming up the river, 35; Lucas 
watches, 30; liring from, 39 
Raisin River, expedition to, under Cass 
and McArthur, viii, 01; instructions 
to Lucas to cross, 7, 10, 79, 83, Lucas 
stops at, 13, army encamps on, 18; 
Lucas sent to, 25; expedition to, un- 
der Miller, 53; Lucas arrives at, 80, 
91 



Kaiikiii, li., crosses Detroit Kiver, 2K 
Rapids of Miand of the Lak(!, oti route 
of Lucas, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 79, 82, 83, 
85; on route of Hull's army, 17, 89 
Ka/.or Mill, 3 
Recniiting service, Lucas ordered to 

attend to, 41 
Reed, Major, clcclion a( house of, 3 
Keynolds, Captain, company of, 31 
Reynolds, Doctor, death of, 03, 04 
l!(ibins(]ii, Cajilain, eonq)any of, .'SI, 33, 

49 
Koby, Knsign, reference to, 49, 51 
Rose, Captain, accompanies detachment 

to bridge, 42 
Rosial, (see Crosse Isle) 
Rouge River, Lucas overtakes detach- 
ment at, 47 
Roundheadstown, Indians from, 13, 91; 

Lucas reaches, 14 
Ruff, Captain, arrangements of, for ves- 
sel, 70 
Rupe, Captain David, Captain of rifle 
company, 2; expedition of, to Green- 
ville, 3, 77; refuses to cross Detroit 
River, 27; part of company of, crosses 
river, 28; court-martial of, 35; refer- 
ences to, 3, 4, 29, 37, 44, 49, 72 
Rush River, (see Rouge River) 
Sacroix River, (see Aux Ecorces River) 
Sacross, (see Aux Ecorces River) 
St. Clair, Lake, Indians seen at, 01 
Sanderson, Captain, company of, 63; in 

engagement at Maguawga, 64 
Sandusky, Lower, on route of Lucas, 7, 
8, 9, 79; mes.sage to inhabitants at, 
83; party of men on way to, 84, 85 
Sandusky, Upper, on route of Lucas, 7, 
8, 79; council at, 84; Wyandots talk 
of moving to, 85 
Sandwich, firing upon, 22; danger from, 
25; army crossing below, 28; merchant 
at, 42; reenforcements from, 51; evac- 
uation of, 52; flag of truce from, 02; 
vessels in sight below, 02 
Schley, Captain, Michigan Militia com- 
manded by, 55 
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Lucas ill, iv; settlement of Robert 
Lucas in, v; references to, vi, 1, 3 
Scioto Uivcr, references to, 1, 13, 14, 

15, 88, '.n 
Soott, Denton, reference to, 33 
Seneca Indians, council with, 24 
Slianibiiujili, Henjamin F., assistance 

of, ix 
Sliarlotte, (see Queen Cliarlotle) 
Sliawnee Indians, council with, 24; ad- 
dress to, 83; engaged as Spies, 88 
Sibly, Ensign, death of, in fort Detroit, 

03 
Silly, Lieutenant, wounded, 05 
Sioux Indians, at Brownstown, 18; cross 
to Maiden, lil; horees of, taken, 25 
Sloan, Captain, reference to, 53; refuses 

to charge, 54 
Snelling, Captain, company of, 31, 37; 
giving up of bridge opposed by, 35; 
references to, 36, 53; conduct of, in 
battle, 54; sent to Springwell, 02; 
artillery refused to, 02 
Solomon's town, references to, 13, 1 1, 

91, '.12 
Spain, anticipated refiLsal of. to surren- 
der Louisiana, v 
Spencer, Captain, company of, 31, 40 
Springwell, army encamps at, 22, 24, 
detachment sent to, 01; Captain Snell- 
ing sent to, 02 
Staunton, Ohio, letter dated at, S9 
Stillwater Creek, e.xpedition up, 3, 4 
Stony Creek, references to, 13, 14, i»l 
Surrender of Fort Detroit, 04, 05 
Swan Creek, army encamped at. 1!) 
Stockton, William, references to, 31, 

42, 43, 40, 47, 48, 50, 51 
Ta-ron-tee, hero of, (note) 30 
Tecuinseh, at Maiden, 18; at Aux Can- 
ards River, 32; proposal to capture, 
45, 40 
Thames River, (note) 30 
Thompson, Mr., accompanies Lucas to 

Detroit, 20 
Toledo, early settlement of, (note) lit 
Tontoggas, speech of, 80; on his way to 
Maiden, 01 



Trimble, William, chosen Major of 
battalion of volunteers, 3; proposal 
to detach part of battalion of, 6; ref- 
erence to, 00 

Troy, Indian agent at, 4 

Turkey Creek, bridge at, broken, 20; 
Major Denny retreats to, 44; ISritis 
and Indians cross, 40 

Tymoclitee Creek, Lucas crosses, 8 

Tymokney, (.see Tymochtee Creek) 

UUery, Captain, in command of a vol- 
unteer company, 3; on expedition to 
River Aux Canards, 31; company of, 
29, .33, 40; death of, 51 

United States Army, Robert Lucas ap- 
pointed Captain in, v, 5 

Urbana, llull to come from, 12; Lucas 
starts toward, 14; Hull's army to 
pa.ss, 80 

Uran River, (see Huron River) 

Urian River, (see Huron River) 

Van Home, Major, in command of de- 
tachment to join Captain Brush, 40; 
black waiter of, 48; asks a-ssistance 
of Lucas in transmitting orders, 49; 
orders a retreat, -50; conduct in bat- 
lie, 50, .-)4 

Varnum, .Jacob B., dispatches for, 7, 
82; council of, with Indians, 9, 85 

Wabash River, Indians on, 87 

Walker, Mr., at Big Rock, 19 

Walk-in-the-waler, .speech of, 87, 88, 92 

War of 1812, management and results 
of, iii 

Washington County, Pennsylvania, 
troops from, 73 

Wiushington, D. C, references to, iii, 
iv, vii, 71, 80 

Wayne's Battle, 17 

Wayne, General, negotiates treaty of 
Creenville, (note) 8 

Welch, Captain, Lucas accompanied 
by, 7, 89, 91; returns with dispatches, 
9; arrives at Detroit, 12; descends 
river with Lucas, 12; letter brought 
to Lucas by, 89 

Western Reserve Historical Society, 
manuscript collection of, (note) vii 



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■\VliistU'i-, Captain, Lucas dim-s with, 11 Willicrall, Major, swor.i bi-iilton by, <!7 

Whistler, Kiisisn, wounded, Co Wyandot lii<lians, planliiif; no corn, it; 

White, Jlr., killed at iMagua\v,i;a, o.-, council with, !>, 12, 21; address to, 

Williams, Mr., blockhouse on Still- ,s:;. So; references to, 25, 84, 87 

water, 4 Zanesville, reference to, (i4 
Williams, Mr., wounded in skirnii.sh, :;.s 

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